Re: [WIN] drive space used != total file space used; whynot?
Irv,
You're right, that could be important! I mentioned the size differences s
once, but I know that posts don't get to everyone at the same time from
topica.
On a nearly empty 10gig drive, "properties" reports about 2 million LESS
bytes used than summation of all files; on a nearly full 3gig drive,
"properties" reports about 12 million MORE bytes used than summation of all
files. sigh.
I guess for my purposes I'll just ignore the drive space used disparity as
long as I'm getting apparently "accurate" reports for space used per
directory.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Irv Mullins" <irvm at ellijay.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: [WIN] drive space used != total file space used; whynot?
>
> 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
>
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