[OBORONA-SPAM] Re: [OBORONA-SPAM] Re: ipod madness

[Gabriel Dragffy]

On Tuesday 25 April 2006 22:08, Art Alexion wrote:
> Wile the effect is less with, say, 10MB of larger music files (1-3 files)
> than with 4k text files (2500 files - each one contributing some slack), it
> is still more efficient to go with the smallest block size possible.


I believe this to be incorrect, since if you format the disc with smaller 
clusters (which means more of them)  then the File Allocation Table (FAT) 
also grows in size to keep track of the greater number of allocation points. 
It is very difficult to decide which size is optimal, therefore I recommend 
booting into Acronis and having a look at the disc, this will tell you just 
how much is being wasted for your current setup and also show you the space 
saving/loss using other cluster sizes, thus allowing you to pick the best and 
then convert to it.