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Chapter 4: Completing Advanced Disk Operations
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It is not recommended that you use the smallest cluster size on partitions containing a
single, large file, such as a database or swap file.
single, large file, such as a database or swap file.
Choosing a smaller cluster size may resize the partition smaller, creating unallocated
space next to the partition. You can use this unallocated space to create a new
partition.
space next to the partition. You can use this unallocated space to create a new
partition.
FAT16 partitions are resized automatically to fit the cluster size.
WARNING!
Do not choose the 64 K cluster size unless you have Windows NT,
Windows 2000, or Windows XP. Partitions of this type are
incompatible with Windows 9x and DOS.
Windows 2000, or Windows XP. Partitions of this type are
incompatible with Windows 9x and DOS.
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Click OK.
Default Cluster Sizes
A partition’s cluster size is set by the DOS FORMAT operation, based on the size of the
partition, as shown in the following tables.
partition, as shown in the following tables.
DOS and Windows default FAT cluster sizes
Partition Size (MB)
FAT Type
Sectors Per Cluster
Cluster Size
0-15
12-bit
8
512 bytes
16-127
16-bit
4
2 K
128-255
16-bit
8
4 K
256-511
16-bit
16
8 K
512-1,023
16-bit
32
16 K
1,024-2,047
16-bit
64
32 K
2,048-4,096
16-bit
128
64 K*
*Only compatible with Windows NT/2000/XP.
Windows default FAT32 cluster sizes
Partition Size (GB)
Sectors Per Cluster
Cluster Size
0.256- 8.01
8
4 K
8.02-16.02
16
8 K
16.03-32.04
32
16 K
> 32.04
64
32 K