Re: Defrag Problem

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From: Ernie (1racabli_at_maine.rr.com)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:50:57 GMT

If the following requested information was forwarded, I did not receive.
Please answer my two questions.

Yes, I used Partition Magic to change from FAT32 to NTFS. Is it now safe to
> change the cluster size using Partition Magic? What will happen if I do
> change the cluster size?

"Ernie" <1racabli@maine.rr.com> wrote in message news:...
> Yes, I used Partition Magic to change from FAT32 to NTFS. Is it now safe
> to change the cluster size using Partition Magic? What will happen if I
> do change the cluster size?
>
>
> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:OweBYMjBFHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Keith
>>
>> We are talking about disks formatted with the NTFS file system? It should
>> have a 4 kb cluster size.
>>
>> Was the disk previously formatted as FAT32 and the convert tool ran? Read
>> more about it here:
>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
>>
>> --
>>
>> ~~~~~~
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> FCA
>>
>> Stourport, Worcs, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Please tell the newsgroup how any
>> suggested solution worked for you.
>>
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>
>> "Keith" <keith@nospam.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:ctggrs$l68$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>>
>>> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ujs1L2XBFHA.2984@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> Ernie
>>>>
>>>> The cluster size on your C drive should be 4 kb and not 512 bytes. This
>>>> will cause a performance i.e. it takes longer to read / write to disk.
>>>> You need to resize to 4 kb. However, this can be a laborious task.
>>>>
>>>> You can do this using Partition Magic -see page 66 of the Partition
>>>> Magic Guide.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck.
>>>>
>>>
>>> My Maxtor 40GB has a cluster size of 512 bytes . Is this not normal?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gerry
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> FCA
>>>>
>>>> Stourport, Worcs, England
>>>> Enquire, plan and execute.
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> Please tell the newsgroup how any
>>>> suggested solution worked for you.
>>>>
>>>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>>>
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Ernie" <1racabli@maine.rr.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:dUuKd.7380$ZD1.5865@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>>>>> Here is the message I got when I attempted to defrag my 120GB HD. Does
>>>>> anyone have a solution to this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Volume (C:)
>>>>> Volume size = 110 GB
>>>>> Cluster size = 512 bytes
>>>>> Used space = 5.26 GB
>>>>> Free space = 105 GB
>>>>> Percent free space = 95 %
>>>>>
>>>>> Volume fragmentation
>>>>> Total fragmentation = 2 %
>>>>> File fragmentation = 4 %
>>>>> Free space fragmentation = 0 %
>>>>>
>>>>> File fragmentation
>>>>> Total files = 43,619
>>>>> Average file size = 185 KB
>>>>> Total fragmented files = 6
>>>>> Total excess fragments = 38
>>>>> Average fragments per file = 1.00
>>>>>
>>>>> Pagefile fragmentation
>>>>> Pagefile size = 211 MB
>>>>> Total fragments = 2
>>>>>
>>>>> Folder fragmentation
>>>>> Total folders = 2,066
>>>>> Fragmented folders = 1
>>>>> Excess folder fragments = 0
>>>>>
>>>>> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
>>>>> Total MFT size = 51 MB
>>>>> MFT record count = 46,164
>>>>> Percent MFT in use = 88 %
>>>>> Total MFT fragments = 3
>>>>>
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
>>>>> None
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

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