woodypratt
Oct 8, 2008, 02:14 PM
I feel to determine this one takes the sector size and divide it by the sectors per cluster. But the number I get seems too high. Am I missing a step?
woodypratt Oct 8, 2008, 02:14 PM I feel to determine this one takes the sector size and divide it by the sectors per cluster. But the number I get seems too high. Am I missing a step? Scleros Oct 8, 2008, 04:05 PM If sector size = 512 Bytes, And there are 8 sectors / cluster, And 1024 Bytes = 1 KB, then... Sector Size * Sectors / Cluster = (512) * (8) = 4096 Bytes / Cluster = 4 KB / Cluster. woodypratt Oct 8, 2008, 05:44 PM Thanks..is there a tutorial on the web somewhere where I can learn a little more about this? Can one determine the Cluster Offset Value or FAT Table Entry or umber of Cluster(s) Required from this equation? For # of clusters this is the equation that should work I feel (File Size / Sector Size = Number of Cluster ) ? woodypratt Oct 8, 2008, 06:38 PM I think I GOT NUMBER OF Cluster (see my calculations) Sector size * sector per cluster = cluster size File size / Cluster size = number of cluster required Scleros Oct 8, 2008, 08:45 PM thanks..is there a tutorial on the web somewhere where I can learn a little more about this? Try NTFS.com - Hard Disk Drive Basics (http://www.ntfs.com/hard-disk-basics.htm), File Chaining and FAT Cluster Allocation (http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/file/clustChaining.html), or Google for others. File size / Cluster size = number of cluster required ? Yes, mostly. Some file systems have features that can consume space (clusters) above and beyond that needed for the actual file size; Windows NTFS Alternate Data Streams comes to mind. woodypratt Oct 9, 2008, 12:40 PM So if you have those infromation of sector size, sector per cluser and and cluster offset how can one get the value of the offset? So from before I get that to get the cluster size one does Sector size * sector per cluster. To get the number of clustered required one does File size / Cluster size But the offset value? This is what I am thinking Cluster offset * sector size = cluster offset value (and need to change it to HEx) Scleros Oct 9, 2008, 03:00 PM It's not that simple. You have to take into account the size of any data structures the particular file system itself uses. The NTFS.com site has a section on File Recovery that discusses some of this. This Clusters chain recovery for the deleted entry (http://www.ntfs.com/restore_clusters.htm) page gives an example of info needed for FAT starting cluster offset vs. NTFS. What are you trying to do? Copyright ©2005-, Ask Me Help Desk
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