How to convert to NTFS with 4096 cluster size
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:55 am
I am about to convert a 30 GB Volume from FAT-32 to NTFS with 4096 kB cluster size and am at a loss as to the exact procedure. I would be glad if I could get some opinions on my planned approach as detailed below.
I have on my 610 GB HD-1 an Extended Partition with Volumes D to Q. Behind the Extended there are some Images and a sufficient amount of Free Space to do things.
The Volume to be converted is Volume N with 10 GB of data on it. I don’t like the idea to slide the images after the Extended, resize (enlarge) the latter at the end and then slide the Volumes O, P, and Q in order to create sufficient space to slide Volume N to.
So, here is what I would like to do:
1) Copy N to the free space after the images;
2) Slide it then to the adjacent free space with the Align function checked (designated
Volume R in Win7);
3) Prepare the space that is currently occupied by Volume N to become the destination for
pasting Volume R back;
4) Copy Volume R to the space prepared by step 3) thus becoming the new Volume N
Would this procedure work?
How should I go about step 3?
3a) Format Volume N using Win7 Disk Management (File System NTFS, Cluster Size 8192 kB
[next smaller value being 64k]) or
3b) Delete Volume N using BING (Clear Boot Sector or Wipe Partition?)
I have on my 610 GB HD-1 an Extended Partition with Volumes D to Q. Behind the Extended there are some Images and a sufficient amount of Free Space to do things.
The Volume to be converted is Volume N with 10 GB of data on it. I don’t like the idea to slide the images after the Extended, resize (enlarge) the latter at the end and then slide the Volumes O, P, and Q in order to create sufficient space to slide Volume N to.
So, here is what I would like to do:
1) Copy N to the free space after the images;
2) Slide it then to the adjacent free space with the Align function checked (designated
Volume R in Win7);
3) Prepare the space that is currently occupied by Volume N to become the destination for
pasting Volume R back;
4) Copy Volume R to the space prepared by step 3) thus becoming the new Volume N
Would this procedure work?
How should I go about step 3?
3a) Format Volume N using Win7 Disk Management (File System NTFS, Cluster Size 8192 kB
[next smaller value being 64k]) or
3b) Delete Volume N using BING (Clear Boot Sector or Wipe Partition?)