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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 7:30 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Honn
(60 messages posted)
well,when i check da total size of da folders in my parition i always view hidden
files n folders but still da siza is less dan dat shown by clicking da properties
of da parition.besides my hibernation isnt activated n da system restore is set to
min(200mega) n i never install any programs to this parition.i dont think dats normal.wut
do u think?
On Saturday, August 30, 2003 at 8:31 pm, C K wrote:
>Since you have NTFS this isn't the FAT 32 bug. XP installs it's files, swap files,
>hibernation reserve space and system restore files which are all hidden but will
>be reported as disk space used. NTFS also uses more space for it's file structure
>than does FAT. You really need a bigger drive than 5 gig for XP.. We usually recommend
>a minimum of 10 at the least. You can unhide/show hidden and system files to see
>what is using the space in the C root directory. This is pretty much normal XP
disk
>usage on install with hibernation and system restore set to max which is why it
should
>be larger than 5 gig. C K
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