Cluster size with XP and NTFS

[Total Chaos]

On a drive has been formatted can the cluster size be changed with Windows or is a third party tool required.

 

[XP Abuser]

if you wanna change the cluster size without having to reformat get partion magic 8 with that program you can get your hard drive to do anything except fill in for you at work

 

[scriptasylum]

Originally posted by XP Abuser
if you wanna change the cluster size without having to reformat get partion magic 8 with that program you can get your hard drive to do anything except fill in for you at work

It won't do the dishes either.

 

[2z]

LOL

yeah you can do it from within windows

start / run /
%SystemRoot%\system32\diskmgmt.msc

right click on the drive you want to alter

 

[scriptasylum]

Originally posted by TwoZigzagColt45
LOL

yeah you can do it from within windows

start / run /
%SystemRoot%\system32\diskmgmt.msc

right click on the drive you want to alter

Yeah, but you have to format it that way while Partition Magic 8 lets you convert and keep Windows intact.

As a matter of fact, I just did this the other night on my XP drive. I had convert to NTFS from FAT32 and had 512byte clusters. So, I fired up PM8 and converted. Took a little while and now I have 4kB clusters. And Windows is still usable. Of course I played it safe a made an image first just in case.