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Whilst checking the output from a FREE command on my gaming PC (to see whether or not I got any negative values, per the recent thread) I got something that was even more of a surprise:
AFAIC the output from DIR is sensible (I have a 128GB SSD, which is almost wholly taken up by the primary partition from which this system boots, plus a 1TB HD which is filled by a single partition). Why would FREE report the same usage data for both partitions??
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Code:
C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\JPSoft>dir c:\ /a: /su2
Volume in drive C is Win7_Boot Serial number is 78b7:2090
Total for: C:\*
115,371,125,117 bytes in 126,303 files and 54,996 dirs 115,649,310,720 bytes allocated
6,747,516,928 bytes free
C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\JPSoft>dir d:\ /a: /su2
Volume in drive D is Nemesis_Data Serial number is 943f:d398
Total for: D:\*
572,711,007,604 bytes in 196,680 files and 84,978 dirs 573,162,995,712 bytes allocated
425,335,549,952 bytes free
C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\JPSoft>free c:
Volume in drive C is Win7_Boot Serial number is 78b7:2090
1,000,202,039,296 bytes total disk space
574,866,530,304 bytes used
425,335,508,992 bytes free
57.5 % in use
C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\JPSoft>free d:
Volume in drive D is Nemesis_Data Serial number is 943f:d398
1,000,202,039,296 bytes total disk space
574,866,530,304 bytes used
425,335,508,992 bytes free
57.5 % in use
C:\Users\Steve\AppData\Local\JPSoft>
AFAIC the output from DIR is sensible (I have a 128GB SSD, which is almost wholly taken up by the primary partition from which this system boots, plus a 1TB HD which is filled by a single partition). Why would FREE report the same usage data for both partitions??
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