Formatting a hard drive - What are allocation units?
What are allocation units when formatting a hard drive? When formatting a hard drive in Windows, you've probably noticed the Allocation Units field before. In this video, I'll show you what these allocation units, also called clusters, are all about and whether there are certain sizes that might be advantageous.
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 What are allocation units?
01:53 Allocation units in practice
03:30 The correct allocation unit size
05:11 Determining allocation units retroactively
06:08 Conclusion
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✅ Microsoft link for the standard allocation units of various file systems: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/t....
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