Network folder size problem?

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Pete A

I have a small home network consisting of two computers;
one XP Pro & one XP Home. One day I decided to backup
my wife's picture folder by copying it to my computer. After the
copy completed, I noticed how small the folder was so I checked
the size from my computer -- it was less than 250MB. Then I went
to my wife's computer and checked the size -- it was more than
1GB. After much head-scratching, I was able to copy the entire
folder with my backup program, PC Backup. Then I checked other
folders and noticed missing files also. Some folders with only one
file would appear empty on my computer. This occurs whether I
check a mapped drive or not. Also, I have tried Windows Explorer
and xplorer2(a third party file manager); both fail to show all the
files.
Can someone tell me why this is happening?
I hope I have given enough information.

TIA,
Pete
 
It may be the Explorer "View" options. By default XP masks out
or hides - Hidden, Protected & System files. This can cause the
content count & size values to appear incorrect
 
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