![]() Unfortuneatly, CONVERT, uses 512 bytes Allocation Units.Ī CONVERT is also used when you install and choose NTFS, unless the partition is preformated as NTFS. On NTFS partitions, a MFT ( Master File Table) entry takes 1024 bytes, so using 512 bytes Allocation Units practically guarantees fragmentation of the MFT. When formatting a disk, without the /A: (Allocation Unit) switch, the following default Allocation Unit sizes are used (assuming a standard 512 byte physical sector size): The average amount of wasted space on a partition is (Allocation Unit / 2) * (Number of files). ![]() If allocation unit was 8192 bytes, on average each file would waste 4096 bytes. Regardless of the file system, Windows NT uses cluster size (allocation unit) when organizing your hard disk.Īn Allocation unit represents the smallest amount of disk space used for a file.
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