Where have all the megabytes gone...

[Frank]

My 1GB USB drive has one folder holding about 350 megabytes. But it
has only about 350 megabytes free. How can this be?





"...long time passing. Where have all the megabytes gone, long time
ago..."

 

[Arno Wagner]

My 1GB USB drive has one folder holding about 350 megabytes. But it
has only about 350 megabytes free. How can this be?

Many small files and a large cluster size? Or 'lost' clusters?
Especially if you like to yank it out, the last is a definite
possibility....

Arno

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

My 1GB USB drive has one folder holding about 350 megabytes. But it
has only about 350 megabytes free.

How can this be?

Because both figures are independently maintained?

 

[Frank]

Thanks, Arno. Whatever the problem was, I fixed it by reformatting the
drive.