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Reformating my second HD

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matt1147

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Hey

I was given a smaller Hd from my girlfriend, Well 19GIG HD and im wanting to reformat it to get rid of all the file and clean off Windows 98 on it. And I am wondering, what should i set the Allocation Unit size at? Like it offers 512 Bites, 1024 bites, 2048 bites and 4096 bites. My plan for this second HD is bassicaly use it to back up some of my important files, and to toss some files on there to clear up space on my main HD. So what size should i have it at?
 
if you are planning to store a lot of smaller files on it, you should consider a smaller cluster size (say 512 Bytes). If you are going to use something that stores the data in a single file, you may want to consider a larger cluster size (4 kB).

In the end, the difference is pretty much negligible.
 
drizzt81 said:
if you are planning to store a lot of smaller files on it, you should consider a smaller cluster size (say 512 Bytes). If you are going to use something that stores the data in a single file, you may want to consider a larger cluster size (4 kB).

In the end, the difference is pretty much negligible.
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Thank you for your help.
 
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