Brad wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed a 20G HDD in my Windows 98se computer. With one partition,
> I formatted it. The results is 16K byte clusters. With a FAT32 system,
> a 32 bit number ("index") can represent around 4.3G. This in effect should
> allow around 4 billion clusters maximum.
>
> The major reason for a smaller cluster size is to reduce waste of disk
> space. Example, if you wrote a 1K byte file to the HDD, the free space will
> be reduced by 16K (15K wasted).
>
> How can I format this 20G HDD in such a way to produce smaller clusters
> without adding partitions?
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad
>
> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.
>

The program fat32format.exe allows you to adjust the cluster size as you
wish, within limits.

http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/ind...at32format.htm

I have used this program to format large external USB drives that the
regular Windoze format utility won't touch. It is a command-line utility
which is both fast and efficient.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com