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You may want to use a smaller cluster size so that the SIZE ON DISK value is as close to the SIZE value as possible.

The difference between SIZE and SIZE ON DISK may represent some wasted space because the cluster size is larger than necessary.

Compare the value of Size and Size on disk.

Right-click on the selected area and choose Properties.

In File Explorer (press Win+E to open it) double-click on the partition you want to check.

We can judge this by checking the value between Size and Size on disk within the following steps:

Is it too large for small partitions? or is it too small for large partitions? We now see the volume cluster size is 4k, but we don’t know what that means. The marked area is the sector size, 4K, as it indicates How to tell if 4K is large or small Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.Ĩ8270 allocation units available on disk. We can use the command prompt tool chkdsk to know the cluster size or allocation unit size:Īnd the command line tool will run the following stages:

How to check the cluster size on a partition? In Windows 10, we can use the followings:Ĥ096 bytes is the default option in many cases, read on to learn more Check cluster size in CMD In this page, we’ll guide on how to choose the right cluster size for different file system and how to take the best of the NTFS volume free space DefinitionĪ cluster, according to Microsoft is a collection of contiguous sectors.Ĭluster size represents the smallest amount of disk space that can be used to hold a file How many cluster size options can we use now: When we format a volume or create a new simple volume, we’re asked to choose a cluster size, if we choose to skip this option, the System will default it to 4k on NTFS partition in most of the cases unless the disk capacity is over 32T.