Re: Wrong Free Space in Windows Expl

From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 06:31:09 -0500

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1eb5501c455eb$66fcb710$a401280a@phx.gbl
> 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?
>>
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>>
>> Will Denny
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>>
>> "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!
>>
>> .

One (.) represents that directory and the other (..) represents the
directory it is a sub-directory of. 

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