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400 Mb of "slack space" in a 2 Gbytes hard disk ???

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GAstrada

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Sep 20, 2000
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I was ashtonished when I realized that one of my two physical hard drives (2 GB, 32 bits file system), was running out of space. A thorough check show me that only 1.3 Gbytes were really in use in files and directorys. But I really have only 200Mb free.!!! Where are the others 400 Mb ?? No lost custers. No fragmentation. No compressed drive. No virus detected (Norton update 07/06/01) . Is "somewhat" inneficient Win 98 in it's file management. ??

I'd like to learn through yours points of view. Thanks.!!
 
Oops, almost forgot it: Win 98 reports a 32 bits file system. But if I run FDISK, it reports a FAT16 system for that drive, (the boot and the "problem" disk), in one and only partition ??? Thanks !!!
 
rym: gracias por tu ayuda. Realmente voy a visitar dr-hardware, lo que me aconsejas, pues el lugar parece muy interesante.
Pero te cuento que ya lo solucioné: resulta que era cierto que Win es ineficiente para almacenar archivos, pero Win 98 tiene una utilidad (que no la tiene Win 95) en herramientas de sistema, que es "Convertidor de unidades Fat32".
Lo corrí. Demoró una eternidad. Pero me "devolvió" los 400 megas desperdiciados.
Me transformó un disco de 64 sectores por clúster (!!), en otro de 8 sectores por clúster, más eficiente.
Saludos y gracias !!
 
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