Re: change hard drive cluster size
From: Gerry Voras (gerry.voras_at_nextaction.com)
Date: 03/01/04
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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 14:29:42 -0700
Do a backup, reformat with the appropriate parameters, and restore is going
to be ther prefered method.
Or, if you don't mind taking a chance, try using the command line "CONVERT"
utility to go from FAT16 or FAT32 to NTFS.
"Mike Brearley" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:K76sN%238$DHA.5168@faerybug-01.faerybug.com...
> Is there anyway to change the cluster size on an existing partion without
> losing data (re-formatting)? I have a Windows 2003 server (no groups have
> been created for 2003 yet).
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had mistakingly thought that a
> smaller (16k) cluster size would give me better performance, but it's
> killing it instead.
>
> --
> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
> lack of caffeine.
>
> Mike Brearley (mike_brearley at hotmail dot com)
>
>
>
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