How can I view the allocation unit size of a NTFS partition in Vista?
Which built in (if any) tool can I use to determine the allocation unit size of a certain NTFS partition ?
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.
Use diskpart.exe
.
Once you are in diskpart select volume <VolumeNumber>
then type filesystems
.
It should tell you the file system type and the allocation unit size. It will also tell you the supported sizes etc. Previously mentioned fsutil
does work, but answer isn't as clear and I couldn't find a syntax to get the same information for a junction point.