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From: Rod Speed
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 00:00

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Tom MacIntyre <tmacinty@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:37bd4770.42908185@news1.ns.sympatico.ca...
> Rod Speed <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au> wrote
>> Daniel Grimwood <reaper@crystal.uwa.edu.au> wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>>>>> How can the single partition drive be filled, but the
>>>>> the multiple partioned drive's c: still have room?

>>>> It is theoretically possible due to the cluster size. With the
>>>> multiple partitions having smaller clusters, less wasted space.

>>> Fair enough, but that's usually only a few %.

>> Not necessarily with FAT16 with those very large
>> drives being discussed. Certainly true with FAT32.

> I don't recall exactly how much slack I retrieved when I
> converted to FAT32, but it was a considerable amount.

Yeah, I got a bit of a surprise even tho I was well aware that
there was quite a bit of slack space on the FAT16 formatted
drive. There can be a surprising number of small files, particularly
with the internet cache etc. And a lot more shortcuts than you
might expect too with toolbars and favorites etc.

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From: "Rod Speed" <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: help, windows will only start in safe mode
Date: 1999/08/21
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