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Subject:
File Size in External Firewire Drive
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David Rezachek <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:41:15 -1000
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PCBUILD:

I recently installed a Maxtor external 40GB firewire hard drive. It was
very easy and works well. However, I discovered an interesting phenomenon.

When I copy a file from my internal (C) hard drive to the Maxtor, the file
sizes are 2-3+ time larger than they were on the C drive. When I trasfer
them to a CD-ROM via a burner they reduce in size to their C drive value.

Can anyone explain this? Can I/should I use a compression utility to stor
them on my external drive?

David Rezachek, Ph.D., P.E.
Alternate Energy Specialist
State of Hawaii-DBEDT-Energy Division
P.O. Box 2359
Honolulu, HI  96804
Telephone: 1-808-587-3814
Facsimile: 1-808-587-3820
email:     [log in to unmask]

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