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June 13, 2000 at 01:32 AM
tomobob

File sizes reported by Explorer

by tomobob . Updated 25 years, 12 months ago

I’ve been trying to get a definitive answer for this one: When viewing a file or folder properties, why are two sizes often shown? For example, FileA will show “Size: 173KB (177,152 bytes), 196,608 bytes used”. At first I thought this was an issuewith the NetWare file system, but then realized that this is true of local files and folders. Is this difference due to file allocation methods and the unused space that can result?

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