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  1. December 28th, 2005, 11:13 AM #1
    jondemassey
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    75million 512byte NTFS clusters gridlocked my PC

    I converted a 36GB master drive from FAT32 to NTFS in line with a new 160GB slave drive.

    Sadly it partitioned into 75 million clusters of 512 bytes each and my processor now runs at about 2Hz.

    I could back up all the system drives on to the slave if I knew how, but I have no system disk (ex-Time customer you see) and can only re-load. Windows has 3.5GB of files and I just don't have 6 blank CDs!

    Has anybody any idea how I can re-partition the master drive into bigger clusters without having to reformat the master drive and/or back up the entire volume?.
    Last edited by jondemassey; December 28th, 2005 at 11:15 AM.
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