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Re: [WIN] drive space used != total file space used; whynot?

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Feb 10, 2002
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On Saturday 09 February 2002 07:53 pm, Dan Moyer wrote:

> Thanks, but that's not what I need.  I'm not looking for FREE space on a
> drive, I'm trying to display the space USED by all directories on a drive.
> I'm getting that ok (verified afterward by using "properties" on each
> directory & comparing), but when I SUM UP all the space used by all
> directories (& also all files on the drive which are not in directories),
> and compare that to what I see when I use "properties" on the DRIVE itself,
> the "properties" says there's more space used up on the drive than the
> summing of the directories says.
>
> So I'm wondering what I'm missing.
>
> Anybody got any idea what might be going on?

How *much* difference is there? A few bytes, or a few mega?
That might help in finding the answer.

Regards,
Irv