everytime i add a brand new hd on my computer and on other people's computers i usually format them using "default" allocation unit size. what is that? is that the same as a cluster size?<P>if so, ...

When formatting a drive, one crucial setting to consider is the allocation unit size, which determines how the drive's space is divided into smaller units. This setting can significantly impact how ...

Do you mean block size? I'm not aware of any OTS drives that do anything other than 512 byte sectors.

Cluster is the smallest unit to save and manage files on the disk in Windows OS. One cluster can only hold one file, even if it is only one byte. When you need to save small files, you need to ...