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From: ee161abt@sdcc13.UUCP (Joseph B. Kornfrau)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Hard disk overhead?
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Date: Thu, 24-Jan-85 00:47:18 EST
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> When counting up the files used in the various directories on my
> Compaq-plus, I found that a little over 3MB were accounted for.
> Yet the checkdisk program claims that just over 7MB are in use,
> with 28KB in "hidden files".  One might expect a little bit of
> overhead for directory pointers and such, but this amount seems
> absurd.  Does anyone have a theory that will account for the
> discreprency?

Using DOS 3.0 on my 10MB, it seems that an extra 2048 bytes
(real or imagined) are being allocated PER FILE!  Personally,
these Microsoft fiascos are beginning to get to me.  Unless
somebody stops me, I'm switching to COHERENT.