Re: 2 shortcut questions
- From: "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:54:56 -0600
People have been lying to me my entire life.
Windows lies to me.
Explorer lies to me.
Nobody loves me but my Mother and she may be jiving too.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:eLWTViczFHA.1040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
David Candy <.> hunted and pecked:
> Explorer lies.
>
>> Open the New Text Document.txt and type a period, save the file.
>> Right click the New Text Document.txt | Properties | General tab |
>> Size: 1 bytes (1 bytes)
>> Size on disk: 4.00 KB (4,096 bytes)
>
> But small files, a 1 byte file without special attributes qualifies, is
> stored in the MFT. Therefore it takes up the same space as a 0 byte file
> - 1kb in the MFT. You can find where a file is stored by using Perfect
> Disk's View menu - Find File feature. Even larger files such as boot.ini
> are stored in the MFT. So are all my favourites.
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> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OXSmdQczFHA.664@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> QUESTION #1
>> This applies to all files. Doesn't matter if it is a shortcut, .txt
>> file or an internet shortcut.
>>
>> An empty .txt file, .doc file or folder may show...
>> Size: 0 bytes
>> Size on disk: 0 bytes
>>
>> If a .txt file or folder contains 1 byte, the Size on disk will
>> be 4.0 KB. If the file size is 0 bytes it will be 0 bytes on the disk.
>>
>> Create a new empty .txt file. Right click Desktop | New | Text Document
>> |
>>
>> Right click the New Text Document.txt | Properties | General tab |
>> Size: 0 bytes
>> Size on disk: 0 bytes
>>
>> Open the New Text Document.txt and type a period, save the file.
>> Right click the New Text Document.txt | Properties | General tab |
>> Size: 1 bytes (1 bytes)
>> Size on disk: 4.00 KB (4,096 bytes)
>>
>> Of course, typing a period in a Word .doc will increase the file size to
>> 19.5 KB (19,968 bytes) and Size on disk to 20.0 KB (20,480 bytes). :-)
>>
>> Right click an Internet Shortcut | Properties | General tab |
>> Size: 227 bytes (227 bytes) Just an example, they are all different.
>> Size on disk: 4.00 KB (4,096 bytes)
>>
>> Right click a Folder Shortcut | Properties | General tab |
>> Size: 749 bytes (749 bytes) Just an example, they are all different.
>> Size on disk: 4.00 KB (4,096 bytes)
>>
>> Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
>> Right click the Start Menu | Properties | General tab |
>> What does Size show?
>> What does Size on disk show?
>>
>> Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Start Menu
>> Right click the Start Menu | Properties | General tab |
>> What does Size show?
>> What does Size on disk show?
>>
>> Right click Favorites folder | Properties | General tab |
>> What does Size show?
>> What does Size on disk show?
>>
>> If the cluster size for NTFS is 4KB, then 4KB will be the smallest space
>> that any file 1 byte to 4 KB will take up on the drive.
>>
>> Size is the actual size of the file. Size on disk shows the actual space
>> that the file takes up on the disk.
>>
>> The only time that Size on disk will be smaller than Size is when a
>> file/folder is compressed.
>>
>> Large cluster sizes improve performance at the expense of increased
>> slack. Small cluster sizes reduce slack at the expense of decreased
>> performance. 4KB is the default cluster size for NTFS.
>>
>> [[Rarely do file sizes exactly match the size of one or multiple clusters
>> perfectly. The data storage space that exists from the end of the file to
>> the end of the last cluster assigned to the file is called "file slack".
>> ]] From...
>> File Slack Defined
>> http://www.forensics-intl.com/def6.html
>>
>> [[A cluster (or allocation unit) is the smallest amount of disk space
>> that can be allocated to hold a file. ]]
>> [[The smaller the cluster size, the more efficiently a disk stores
>> information because unused space within a cluster cannot be used by other
>> files. ]]
>> From...
>> Cluster Size
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_lxty.asp
>>
>> [[If you are not using NTFS compression for any files or folders that are
>> contained on the volume, the difference between the Size value and the
>> Size on disk value is the wasted space that occurs because the cluster
>> size is larger than necessary. Choose an optimal cluster size so that
>> the Size on disk value is as close to the Size value as possible. An
>> excessive discrepancy between the Size on disk value and the Size value
>> is an indication that the default cluster size is too large for the
>> average file size that you are storing on the volume.]]
>> How to locate and correct disk space problems on NTFS volumes in Windows
>> XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315688
>>
>> QUESTION #2
>> Try
>> %HOMEDRIVE% The user's home directory's drive letter.
>> %homepath% The path to the user's home directory.
>> %SystemDrive% The drive containing the Windows XP root directory.
>>
>> Type %HOMEDRIVE% into Start | Run to see what opens.
>> Type %homepath% into Start | Run to see what opens.
>> Type %SystemDrive% into Start | Run to see what opens.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:OoqErtWzFHA.3312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> SeaMaid <seamaid24-graphics@xxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>> QUESTION #1
>>> Assuming NTFS clusters are 4k, that means the smallest file you can save
>>> will be saved as 4k (32k in FAT32), even if the file is only 0 bytes, 1
>>> byte, 600 bytes, 1k, 2k, 3k, or 4k. Does the same apply to shortcuts? Do
>>> shortcuts also take 4k each (32k in FAT32)? My Favorites menu and Start
>>> menu for various users have MANY shortcuts. I read the articles on the
>>> Microsoft site about NTFS and file storage but could not find the
>>> answer.
>>>
>>> QUESTION #2
>>> Is there a way to make a shortcut to another place on the same drive
>>> without including the drive letter (in case the drive letter changes)?
>>>
>>> If the path to the folder is:
>>> D:\MS\XP\Updates
>>>
>>> I'd like the shortcut to be "smart" in case the drive is no longer D. Is
>>> there a way to do this?
>>>
>>> %CurrentDrive%\MS\XP\Updates
>>>
>>> That probably is bad syntax, but I think you know what I'm trying to
>>> accomplish. If the drive letter changes, that the shortcuts will still
>>> point to the same drive (be is a hard drive or a CD), rather than
>>> whatever drive is currently D.
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