Which Allocation Size??


  1. Mirghass Seven
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Which Allocation Size??


    Hi guys! I am new to forums... I bought a HP v210w 8GB USB driver and i want to format it. I want to use NTFS filesystem but i dont know which allocation size i should choose. What's the difference? Which one is better?
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  3. LMiller7
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    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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    Welcome to the forum.

    Unless you have a specific reason to do otherwise you should use the default of 4096 bytes. It requires quite a bit of knowledge of your specific situation to intelligently evaluate this and there is usually little to be gained.
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