Thank you Jeff, But before you jump, just read this MS KB Article which was brought
to my attention this morning.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q229154
To get this 8k cluster size you would need to use: A:\>format c: /Z:16
It might be that this is a better compromise.
I'll be re-formatting my C: drive later on today to 8k clusters to see if it does
improve the running of ME at all.
