More Disk Space Used After DriveSpace 3 Compression (135965)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q135965 SYMPTOMS
After you compress a drive with DriveSpace 3, the drive's properties may
indicate that the amount of space used on the drive has increased, even
though no new files were added.
CAUSE
When you compress a drive with DriveSpace 3, a larger cluster size is used
on the drive, and small files appear to use up more space than on a drive
with smaller clusters. However, DriveSpace 3 uses an efficient allocation
method that actually frees up wasted space within clusters.
MORE INFORMATION
DriveSpace 3 uses 32K clusters. Most host drives less than 1 gigabyte in
size use clusters smaller than 32K.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/18/2000 |
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| Keywords: | KB135965 |
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