Re: Disk Allocation Unit Size

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Daniel Jameson wrote:
Hi,

How do I determine the "Allocation unit size" that was used when a
hard disk was foramtted with NTFS? (Windows Server 2008)

fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo c:

(all on a cmd prompt line)

Look for "bytes per cluster" near the middle of the command result.


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/kj


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