> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Herbert Graf
>
> > > Regarding the space advantages of using 4K... c,mon it's
> obvious!! Just
> > > check out how many small files you have!!! I just did a quick
> > find of all
> > > files below 4K and I got 1090 just from the Windows directory
> alone. If
> > this
> >
> > I'm trying to clarify what you did here.  I just did this search
> > -- at most
> > 4K of the Windows directory -- and only got 175 files and a lot of them
> > were folders.


And therein lies the crux of this matter.  Everyone's system is uniquely
different because we all have a different mix of software.  There is no
way to quantify how much space is wasted and have it apply to ANYthing
other than that one single pc which is being measured.

Seven thousand list members can write in a say "I just checked my PC and
found...." and there will be seven thousand completely different answers.

As I said in my previous post, the TOTAL amount of wasted space on a
particular PC is determined the number of files AND their size as compared
to the cluster size.