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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 10:54 am
Posted by Alex
(299 messages posted)
Looks like you have a 32GB cap. Try Computer Management -> Disk Management to see
how your partitions look like.
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 5:23 am, Daniel Stonek wrote:
>HD free space does not match with the real free space. Norton Util. 2002 did not
>fix.
>60Gb (bios detected as it is).
>Under HD utils a defrag analysis shows a contradiction: 0% free space (322Mb)(text)
>but a large (25Gb+ white graphic zone of free space).
>There is a photo for illustration:
>Translation "Espacio Libre"="Free space".
>Thank you.
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>http://www.stonek.com/fragment.jpg
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 12:15 pm
Posted by Daniel Stonek
(7 messages posted)
Thanks for answering, Alex.
It seems to be OK. Here is an attachment.
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 10:54 am, Alex wrote:
>Looks like you have a 32GB cap. Try Computer Management -> Disk Management to see
>how your partitions look like.
>
http://www.stonek.com/diskmanager.jpg
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 1:29 pm
Posted by Alex
(299 messages posted)
Maybe defragmenter just does not display it properly. Try to estimate occupied space
folder by folder.
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 12:15 pm, Daniel Stonek wrote:
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>Thanks for answering, Alex.
>It seems to be OK. Here is an attachment.
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 2:48 pm
Posted by Daniel Stonek
(7 messages posted)
I really must have more than 25GB of free space.
Two days ago suddenly the HD went almost full.
I am using "treesize.exe", a useful app to display the space used by each folder.
I am using about 30Gb of the total of 55Gb.
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 1:29 pm, Alex wrote:
>Maybe defragmenter just does not display it properly. Try to estimate occupied space
>folder by folder.
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re: Question about 'Explorer is reporting the wrong amount of free space (FAT32 Free Space Bug)'
Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 1:14 pm
Posted by Bob Harris
(992 messages posted)
32Gig is a "magic" number for some motherboards/BIOSs, and can become a real limitation.
However, modern hard drives usually come with installation software that gets around
that.
Options include: (1) At a command (DOS-like) prompt run "CHKDSK C: /F", assuming
that the partion in question is called C:\. This requests a full check/fix of the
disk, but XP will first say something about not being able to do it now, and do you
want to do it on the next re-boot. Say Yes. Reboot. (2) Check with the hard drive
manufacture and see whether there is something special one has to do for large drives.
(3) Try upgrading to a newer BIOS, if one is available. (4) Try splitting the
drive into two (or more) partition of no greater than 32Gig each. I recommend Partition
Magic.
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 5:23 am, Daniel Stonek wrote:
>HD free space does not match with the real free space. Norton Util. 2002 did not
>fix.
>60Gb (bios detected as it is).
>Under HD utils a defrag analysis shows a contradiction: 0% free space (322Mb)(text)
>but a large (25Gb+ white graphic zone of free space).
>There is a photo for illustration:
>Translation "Espacio Libre"="Free space".
>Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>http://www.stonek.com/fragment.jpg
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