Author: Bo Persson
Date: 03:19:01 11/09/02
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There is no need for this with Windows XP. Older Win9x and DOS had a problem with the disk cluster size growing with increasing partition sizes. This affected the minimum file size and the average round off error (lost space at the end of each file). I have a 100G drive with Windows XP, and it still keeps the cluster size at 4kB, which is fine. Also the EGTB files will not *become* fragmented once they are stored properly to the disk. As you never write to them, they will stay put. You might generally consider defragmenting the disk *before* adding large files, so that any old "slack" will be removed and you new installation are stored in a contiguous free space. There is no need to chop up a nice new disk in smaller segments! Bo Persson bop2@telia.com
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