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echo: windows
to: PAUL QUINN
from: MARK MADRONIO
date: 1997-12-26 07:20:00
subject: Disk space readings in Win95

-=> Quoting Paul Quinn to Mark Madronio <=-
 MM> Why the two values - 3.97Mb and 4.165Mb?
 PQ> KB (kilobyte) =         1,024 bytes
 PQ> MB (megabyte) =     1,048,576 bytes (1,024 * 1,024)
 PQ> GB (gigabyte) = 1,073,741,824 bytes (1,048,576 * 1,024)
 PQ> If you divide 4,165,534 bytes by 1,048,576 bytes the result is:
 PQ> 3.972562789917!!  (according to the Win95 calculator, that is.)
 PQ> =8*)
 MM> The 7.7Mb value is the space taken when each file takes a 32kb cluster
 MM> in the 1.5Gb disk. However I'm using Drivespace, so does that mean that
 MM> Win95 isn't even aware that this value isn't applicable?
 PQ> Probably... just as if it wasn't DriveSpaced.
 PQ> Cheers,
 PQ> Paul.
 Thanks. Weird that some answers can be so obvious it shouldn't have been
 asked. :)
Mark Madronio
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