Advanced Partitioning Tasks
Changing Cluster Size
The cluster size can have a profound effect on the overall performance. In a nutshell, larger clusters waste more
space, but generally provide for slightly better performance, because of less fragmentation. So be particularly
careful with it.
- Click Disks & Volumes on the sidebar.
- Left click an existing partition in the working area, then select Change cluster size on the sidebar.
- Change the default cluster size according to your needs.
- If necessary, click Notifications to set up e-mail notification about successful completion and/or failure of
the operation. Find more details in Notifications Settings. - Click Change now to start the operation immediately or Place in queue to add this task to the list of
pending changes for later execution.
The cluster size value is expressed in^ sectors per cluster. To get it in Kbytes, please divide it into half.^Converting to Logical/Primary
You can include a primary partition into the extended partition or exclude a logical partition from the extended
partition without partition duplication.
- Click Disks & Volumes on the sidebar.
- Left click an existing primary or logical partition in the working area, then select Convert to
logical/primary on the sidebar.