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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 12:58:45 -0500
- From: Sam Swett <ssbc+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Disappearing Hard Drive Space
- In-Reply-To: <04.2b038a4c@ivgate>
- References: <04.2b038a4c@ivgate>
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- > I have a PB140 and with a quantum 82.2 MB HD. Recently I noticed
- that >adding
- >the spave used and space available in my finder title bar gives me only 80.9.
- >I am positive it used to give 82.2. In fact, Norton Utilities Speed
- disk still
- >shows total space at 82.2. (the missing MB are add into the used MB) I've run
- >NU's Disk Doctor and it finds no problem. Any ideas? Should I be worried?
-
-
- No, I wouldn't be worried. As you put more files on a hard disk, the
- size of the disk's directory grows as well. Space may also be taken up
- by Norton VolumeSaver files, and (under System 7) the Desktop DB and DF
- files, which store information about files on your hard disk.
- Also, different programs calculate disk sizes differently. Using
- five different programs, you may easily still get five different
- results. With two programs (the Finder and Speed Disk), the chances are
- even higher.
-
- -sam (wearing Nomex underwear)
-