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On the Explorer bar: click on the current sectors per cluster value.
3. Define the cluster size for the partition. This parameter 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.
The Cluster Size value is expressed in Sectors Per Cluster. To get the Cluster Size in Kbytes,
divide it into half.
4. The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.
Making Logical/Primary
The program allows you to include a primary partition in the extended partition.
In order to change a partition type you should take the following steps:
Launcher
1. Select a primary or logical partition on the Disk Map.
2. Call the Make Partition Logical/Primary dialog to set up the operation. There are several ways to do it:
Select in the Main menu: Partition > Modify > Make Partition Logical/Primary.
On the Explorer bar: click on the current partition type.
The Make Primary > Logical option is only available when the selected partition is adjacent
to the extended partition and vice versa.
The Make Primary > Logical option of the system partition will result in inability to boot the
operating system.
The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation.
Changing Partition Attributes
This chapter explains how you can change partition attributes (Active flag, Hidden flag, Partition ID, Volume Label, etc.).