Re: Wrong Free Space in Windows Expl

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 03:51:40 -0700

Willy,
The free space is the same as indicated by Win Explorer.
But the drive is 120gig, and the dir /a /s gives "total
files listed" as only 72gig, with 3.5gig free. I noticed
that in the dir display, every folder on the drive has
two subfolders named "." and "..". These don't show up in
Windows Explorer, or the ntbackup file list.
Any ideas?
Alwyn
Perth, Aust.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>>From a C:\ command prompt type the following
>
>dir /a/s
>
>Does the amount of free space differ from that shown in
WE?
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
>"Alwyn Adkins" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:1ea8c01c455c0$a1a51950$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>| I have an annoying problem that is afflicting both my C
>| drive and an external hard drive. The Free Space
reported
>| by Windows Explorer is incorrect. When I do a CTRL A on
>| the contents of either drive, "Properties" reveals a
>| significantly lower amount of used disk space eg on the
>| 55gig C drive, only 40gig is used, but Windows Explorer
>| is reporting only 5gig free. On the external drive,
there
>| is a 40gig difference. I do a lot of video editing, and
>| therefore create, and then delete, large AVIs. After I
>| delete a multi-gig AVI, the fee space didn't change.
>|
>| My Recycle bins are only 4gig.
>|
>| Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
>
>.
>

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