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echo: os2prog
to: MIKE RUSKAI
from: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
date: 1999-10-22 08:20:06
subject: HPFS freespace bmp list
 MR> What I did next was read all the freespace bitmaps (programmatically,
 MR> of course), and add up the free sector count that way.  

Did you remember to include the bitmap for the directory band ?  It's not
included in the bitmap list, and is listed separately in the super block.

 ¯ JdeBP ®

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