-=> 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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