12-22-2003, 02:39 AM
Occhidiangela,Dec 21 2003, 08:57 AM Wrote:As to the temp files, it says size is 7.28 MB and 10.6 MB are used. That strikes me as weird Microsoft Math.Although I really hate to defend Microsoft, the math could be correct in one or more instances.
In all cases the total bytes in files is 7.28mb (which was rounded), but we will take as 7,633,633 bytes (1 mb = 1,048,576 bytes). Used space we shall refered to as 11,114,906 bytes. Leaving 3,481,273 bytes unaccounted for.
Now, cluster size varies from hard drive to hard drive depending on size. For the moment I will assume you have the 32,768 cluster size. If a file is only one byte in length, it will still use 32k of space. With this in mind, the last cluster of any file will generally contain less than a full boat. This un-needed file space is still used.
Maximum waste is 1 byte used in the last cluster. If 106 files, then buffer space matches the discrepancy. If only one wasted byte (32,767 bytes in last cluster), then 3,481,273 files. Median 212 files.
Possible other cases (median values) cluster 16,384 then 425 files, 65,536=106.
While not helpful for your current challenge, this is the math behind the oddity.
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