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August 5th, 2003, 10:37 AM

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larger block size allocation during XP installation?

So, I am installting Windows XP Professional Edition. Is there a way (during installation) to select an "Allocation Unit Size" that is larger than 4096 Bytes?

Thank you!
-Moe

August 5th, 2003, 10:46 AM

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just curious, why would you do this?
windows has enough trouble staying stable on it's default settings, seriously, scan disk would put it right back if you did change it.

August 5th, 2003, 10:52 AM

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One reason that comes to mind is my need to run an experimental Oracle database on that XP box. To achieve a decent I/O performance, this instance of Oracle will need a block size of at least 16K, maybe as high as 32K depending on the benchmarking results.

The command line FORMAT command would allow you to go as high as 256K. But to get to the command line, you have to have XP installed first. So, I was wondering if there is a way to select a higher allocation unit size while still at the installtion phase.

Any suggestions?

Thank you kindly!
-Moe

August 5th, 2003, 11:07 AM

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http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...mp%3Bln%3Den-gb

or:
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...b;EN-US;q314878
try those links.

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