How can I view the allocation unit size of a NTFS partition in Vista?

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Jens picture Jens · Sep 17, 2008 · Viewed 273.6k times · Source

Which built in (if any) tool can I use to determine the allocation unit size of a certain NTFS partition ?

Answer

William picture William · Sep 17, 2008

Open an administrator command prompt, and do this command:

fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo [your drive]

The Bytes Per Cluster is the equivalent of the allocation unit.

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