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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Disk Free SpaceRe: Disk Free Space
From: Jeff Waltzer <jeffwaltzer_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 06:42:46 -0700 (PDT) I believe there is a bug in windows that causes that info to get written incorrectly sometimes. I believe scandisk fixes the values on the HD. --- Björn Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se> wrote: > c s wrote: > > Rockbox shows: > > Disk: 4.6GB > > Free: 1.0GB > > > > Windows 2K shows: > > Free space: 382,525,440 bytes 364 MB > > Capacity: 5,014,347,776 bytes 4.66 GB > > Rockbox simply uses the free cluster count and total cluster cound that > windows writes in the Bios Parameter Block on the disk. There is nothing > complicated about this. > > Apparently windows itself, however, uses some other method to decide how > much space is free. > > -- > Björn ===== It is the duty of a patriot to protect his country from its government" -Thomas Paine __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com Received on 2003-05-19 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |