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Hi, everybody,

My first question here:

I have bought an external hard drive (WD). I am backing up most of my data right now.

It seems there is a difference in filesize.

On the external HD a certain folder is let's say 10.0 MB big, but "size on disk is like 9.5 MB.

On my original hard drive in my PC the folder is 10.0 MB big, and size on disk is ALSO 10.0 MB.

How come this difference?


Thx for your reply

Simon, a pc numb-nut
Quote from: MojoIglesias on October 11, 2008, 04:53:13 PM


On the external HD a certain folder is let's say 10.0 MB big, but "size on disk is like 9.5 MB.

On my original hard drive in my pc the folder is 10.0 MB big, and size on disk is also 10.0 MB.

How come this difference?



Cluster size?
Well, the external HD istn't partitioned anyways, so it's no big deal then?

Sorry, I don't KNOW s**t about PC'sWhat filesystem are you using? FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT3?

If the cluster size is higher than the other drive as Dias de Verano mentioned, or if the formats are different, this would EXPLAIN the filesize differences. NTFSWhen you got the drive was it already setup or did you have to FORMAT it?


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