May 6, 200818 yr Hey all,Got a strange one here. I have a Win2003 (SP1) server, with a 17Gb partition. On that partition is a 16Gb file, which is compressed down to 232Mb.So, in effect - that file should only be taking up 232Mb of space.But, when I view the drive in Explorer, or run dir in a command prompt, the space available is reported as if the file weren't compresses, and was still using the full 16Gb.Is this normal behaviour? I thought explorer was supposed to understand NTFS compression...?
May 6, 200818 yr Author Think I * may* have figured this out.The file is a virtual PC image, and is probably in use, and would have been in use when the user applied the compression attribute - which means it couldn't be compressed, but still retains the attribute.The bit that is still puzzling is why the 'Size on disk' field shows 232Mb, whilst it still seems to be using the full 16Gb.
May 16, 200818 yr If it's a dynamic disk only the actual space used will be reported, even though the disk can grow to a much bigger size.-gosh
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