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Chapter 2: PartitionMagic Basics

A check mark next to a preference indicates it is enabled.

Click check boxes to enable or disable preferences, then click OK.

This preference lets you create FAT partitions with 64 KB clusters, which allows you to 
use PartitionMagic to create FAT partitions up to 4 GB.

Because DOS and Windows 3.x/95/98/Me do not support cluster sizes 
larger than 32K, you cannot access a 64K partition using these operating 
systems. You should only use 64K partitions with Windows NT/2000/XP. 
If you are using multiple operating systems, Norton recommends not using 
64K clusters.

When enabled, the 64K cluster size is available in the Resize/Move Partition and Resize 
Clusters dialogs.

When PartitionMagic modifies partitions, it performs extensive testing to detect bad 
sectors on your hard disk. Newer disk types (such as Enhanced IDE and SCSI) often 
handle bad sectors internally, making such testing superfluous. For this reason, 
PartitionMagic lets you bypass these tests with Skip Bad Sector Checks. When this 
preference is enabled, the Resize/Move, Create, Copy, and Format operations run faster.

If you skip bad sector checks and your hard disk has bad sectors, data loss 
can result.

Indicates whether 
the current 
operating system 
supports FAT32 
partitions.