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From: cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz)
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Subject: Re: VANISHED!  12 Mb on a 80 Mb Hard Disk
Keywords: hard disk space missing
Message-ID: <1990Jul25.025754.11222@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 25 Jul 90 02:57:54 GMT
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In article <1990Jul24.202754.13288@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bhatlas@pyrite.SOM.CWRU.Edu (Sunil Bhatla) writes:
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>The last thing I need is a shrinking hard disk...
>
>My 80 Mb internal hard drive (on a Mac IIx)  shows:
>
> "66,137K in disk  12,600K free"
>
>But when I catalog all the files (including the desktop)
>I can only account for 56 Mb.  I tried Redux and a couple of
>disk cataloguing programs, and they all tell me the same thing.
>

I have a similar situation with my MacIIcx.  I was told that it
came with a 40meg quantum drive.  When I select the HD icon and
view the GET INFO menu, it shows only 32 megs available.  How
come?


Cheers,

Chris
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