If one have an unallocated space in a flash drive, like this:
How does one get rid of it, using Gparted?
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The allocated space at the front of the drive was created when the NTFS partition was created... and the partition was aligned to a cylinder or MiB boundry. Partition alignment is important for performance reasons. That being said, you wouldn't normally place a NTFS partition on a USB flash drive, but on a SSD or HDD, and where partition alignment and performance become more important issues.
