I bought a 16gb Kingston Datatraveler USB drive. I want to format it and I'm unsure as to what Allocation Unit Size I should choose. My options are:
Default
4096 bytes
8192 bytes
16 kilobytes
32 kilobytes
64 kilobytes
8192 bytes is selected when I choose format.
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