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I found a program [whose name is the name of this thread] whose "Size" is 4gb and its "Size on disk" is 4kb [the file is fake of course, but my file system doesn't know it]. How does it work?
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Posted 26 March 2008 - 09:18 PM
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Posted 26 March 2008 - 09:34 PM
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try a disk check on your disk. The file may be recognized or correctly truncated..
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Posted 27 March 2008 - 03:51 AM
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It is probably similar to when you download BitTorrents. The file size may show 1gb even though the file just started downloading and only has 3k in it. I believe it has something to do with writing to the file index (this is not correct terminology) on the hard drive a file size but actually only filling it with 4kb of data. Then again, I don't really know....
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Posted 27 March 2008 - 04:23 AM
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Yes, even FlashGet makes that.
I think it's called malloc (Memory Allocator), it's even a function in C++
I think it's called malloc (Memory Allocator), it's even a function in C++
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Posted 27 March 2008 - 10:14 PM
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as i said Its an error on the file system. On the file system the file is registered as a huge file but only a part has been received as stated by jordan and tcm. This has kept the reserved space but used only the actual size. Try a disk check with any disk checking software. The invalid entry point will be truncated from the file and the size on disk will be restored.
Edited by Chinmoy, 27 March 2008 - 10:17 PM.
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