Re: Block Size and Checkpoints (NT)

From: <afriend_at_my-dejanews.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 02:23:48 GMT
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In article <3614EAAA.29B49107_at_mitre.org>, Mark Anderson <anderson_at_mitre.org> wrote:
> It's my understanding that WinNT using NTFS allocates file space in 512-byte
blocks,
> regardless of the partition size.

Actually, in case this didn't come up already, when you format a disk as NTFS undet NT, you have the option of setting the cluster size to one of two sizes, 4096 (the default) or 512 bytes (consistent with UNIX).

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