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Can anyone experience difference in file and folder size on a large mixed folder?
- Oct 07, 2019Sure, you're welcome, let me know if anything new happens 🙂
I reviewed your screenshots but I'm afraid they are a bit unclear. I couldn't be sure whether they are from the same folder or not, and also you took screenshot of folder sizes when you were copying/moving files, that can change folder sizes in real time..
They were all from single folder and it was when my OS drive was full. It was a folder with so much work files and as I have already moved them to my data drives, the problem seems to be resolved. That means when I am checking the moved folder everything ( Means right clicking on the new folder and clicking properties and selecting all files inside and clicking properties show same size and number of files/folders ) So it may be a temperrory fetching problem related to system resources available at that time. ( Slowness or something. ) But I have seen the same problem lot of times where a bulk folder is copied. At that point of time it makes problem because we have to understand the required space to move to a new folder. That is why I pointed out the problem and I now understand it may be a slowness or resources available problem by which it sometimes show an incomplete result when checking a bulky folder's properties. Thanks for the answer and that is why I checked the new folder again. BUT WHAT I POINTED IS A FACT AT SOME POINTS ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE BARE LARGE FILES AND THE SYSTEM IS A BIT SLOW.HotCakeX
- HotCakeXOct 06, 2019MVPDoes that folder contain mostly small files or large files? and what is its Allocation Unit Size set to?
- optanesystemsOct 06, 2019Brass Contributor
Mixed is the answer for the file size of files and that issue I posted may be due to some slowness causing " Pausing Calculation " as I told. If I see the same issue later I will surely post an update. Meanwhile Allocation Unit Size isn't set or changed to a custom value as I am unaware so much about that settings. HotCakeX
- HotCakeXOct 06, 2019MVPIt's okay,
easiest way to find the Allocation Unit Size is if you right-click on your drive and select format.