http://www.recovery-tools.com/ Data Recovery Software en Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:10:27 -0800 240 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:10:27 -0800 Articles :: Data Recovery Software Pilgrim CMS Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Onlime Media. http://www.recovery-tools.com/images/logo_rss.gif http://www.recovery-tools.com/ http://www.recovery-tools.com/articles/miscellaneous/deciding_on_cluster_size_ntfs_hard_disk.html A cluster is a disk-storage unit consisting of a fixed number of sectors that the operating system uses to read or write information. Even for a 1-byte file, one cluster must still be allocated in a FAT file system. In NTFS, if a file is this small, it can be stored in the MFT record itself without using additional clusters. When a file grows beyond the cluster boundary, another cluster is allocated. It means that the bigger the cluster size, the more disk space is wasted, however, the performance is better. Articles :: Data Recovery Software char.rox@verizon.net (Charlotte J Harrelson)