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Spidey
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by Spidey Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:10 pm
I’m getting ready to format a drive NTFS for recorded TV, and the question is…
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by Cuda68 Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:40 pm
My experience is no it will not. We used to use that back in the day to maximize HDD storage capability. But with the low cost of drives today, it's really does not need to be adjusted any more. Just buy another drive and install Linux for an OS
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by Krom Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:04 pm
Leave it at default (usually 4 KB). Larger clusters don't improve performance, smaller clusters don't liberate any worthwhile amounts of disk space.
