Windows XP Home Edition SP2 NTFS

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Hi,

Sorry for the delay. Just got home from work. I ran Disk Defragmenter and
Analyze and the cluster size is 4KB.

Is this good or bad ?

Thanks, Jot
 
Actually it can--however, mfr's service level drive utilities can generally
recover the drive. (Or cause the problem)
"normal" software does not have the ability to directly address the drive
controller and tell it to do something that will damage the drive.
 
Hi

No software can 'physically' damage any hardware - it's not possible.

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Hi there,

I ran Disk Defragmenter and Analyze and the cluster size is 4KB.

Is this good or bad ?

Thanks, Jot
 
Hi

4 KB is OK - that's what my partitions are at. Tried 512 bytes, but screwed
everything up!!

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Thanks for all your help!!!!

Jot

Will Denny said:
Hi

4 KB is OK - that's what my partitions are at. Tried 512 bytes, but screwed
everything up!!

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Jot said:
Thanks for all your help!!!!
Click to expand...


Just to add to what Will said, 4K clusters are the default you get when you
create an NTFS partition. NTFS is optimized to work with 4K clusters, and
that's the size you should have.

The problem with converting from FAT32 to NTFS is that if you don't take
proper precautions, you usually get 512-byte clusters instead, You were
fortunate in that this didn't happen to you.
 
'mi' wrote:
| Not so. Settings in the BIOS (software on a flash memory chip) can be set
to
| overclock CPU and memory speed to the point of overheating and hardware
| damage. Software programs for graphics cards can do the same thing. The
| utility 'Speedfan' can cause hardware failure if used improperly.
_____

BIOS settings for increasing CPU speed and/or memory speed can not
physically damage the CPU or memory. Intel CPUs since at least the Pentium
II contain thermal diodes that force a shut-down on overheating, resulting
in no damage. Even that likely never happens because long before that point
the CPU will produce errors and lock up and cool off because very few
transistors are switching. More recent AMD CPUs also have that protection.
For overclocked memory, errors will begin to occur and lock up the system
long before any damage is done. Setting CPU core voltage too high can
immediately destroy a CPU, but excessive voltage settings require a manual
selection in the BIOS. 'Manual settings' are NOT a 'software program'.

Phil Weldon

|
|
|
| >> Agreed - no software can physically damage any hardware. However
| >> hardware does deteriorate over time.
|
| >> Will Denny
| >> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
| >> Please reply to the News Groups
|
| Not so. Settings in the BIOS (software on a flash memory chip) can be set
to
| overclock CPU and memory speed to the point of overheating and hardware
| damage. Software programs for graphics cards can do the same thing. The
| utility 'Speedfan' can cause hardware failure if used improperly.
|
| mi
|
|
 
Phil Weldon said:
I'mi' wrote:
| Not so. Settings in the BIOS (software on a flash memory chip) can be
set
to
| overclock CPU and memory speed to the point of overheating and hardware
| damage. Software programs for graphics cards can do the same thing. The
| utility 'Speedfan' can cause hardware failure if used improperly.
_____

BIOS settings for increasing CPU speed and/or memory speed can not
physically damage the CPU or memory. Intel CPUs since at least the
Pentium
II contain thermal diodes that force a shut-down on overheating, resulting
in no damage. Even that likely never happens because long before that
point
the CPU will produce errors and lock up and cool off because very few
transistors are switching. More recent AMD CPUs also have that
protection.
For overclocked memory, errors will begin to occur and lock up the system
long before any damage is done. Setting CPU core voltage too high can
immediately destroy a CPU, but excessive voltage settings require a manual
selection in the BIOS. 'Manual settings' are NOT a 'software program'.

Phil Weldon
Click to expand...

I'll inform the community at alt.comp.hardware.overclocking that Phil Weldon
said the nonfunctioning Intel and AMD cpus they have are not actually dead
but in cooldown mode. Whether manual or automatic it's still a software
interface and it has a direct effect on hardware.
 
'miss-information' wrote:
| I'll inform the community at alt.comp.hardware.overclocking that Phil
Weldon
| said the nonfunctioning Intel and AMD cpus they have are not actually dead
| but in cooldown mode. Whether manual or automatic it's still a software
| interface and it has a direct effect on hardware.

Please do, and be sure to post your initial statement in this thread to
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking, and read the replies.

Phil Weldon

|
| I'll inform the community at alt.comp.hardware.overclocking that Phil
Weldon
| said the nonfunctioning Intel and AMD cpus they have are not actually dead
| but in cooldown mode. Whether manual or automatic it's still a software
| interface and it has a direct effect on hardware.
|
|
| > |
| > | >> Agreed - no software can physically damage any hardware. However
| > | >> hardware does deteriorate over time.
| > |
| > | >> Will Denny
| > | >> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
| > | >> Please reply to the News Groups
|
|
|
 
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