Partitioning, Partition Sizes and Drive Lettering
FAT Sizes: FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32
FAT Partition Efficiency: Slack
Relationship of Partition Size and Cluster Size
FAT32 Performance Tradeoff: FAT32 Cluster Sizes and FAT Sizes
Using Partitioning with Hard Disks Over 2 GB
Using Partitioning to Reduce Slack
Partition Size Tradeoff: Slack Waste and "End of
Volume" Space Waste
Do More Partitions Keep the Disk "Organized"?
Special-Purpose Partitions and Other Partitioning Issues
Partition Type Conversion
Drive Letter Assignment and Choosing Primary vs. Logical
Partitions
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