January 15, 20224 yr Here is the scenario. I will format my laptop and will backup my files in it. I cut my files and paste it on my Seagate HDD. When I finished formating my laptop, I cut and paste back again the same files back to my laptop. I noticed there is a changed in size on my Seagate HDD. USED SPACE Before: 1,101,750,411,264 After: 1,101,750,415,360 There is 4,096 bytes difference. What do you think it is? Please check these pictures. Before: https://imgur.com/a/c6nnEHJ After: https://imgur.com/a/0UUkFZ0 Edited January 15, 20224 yr by Danvic
January 15, 20224 yr Is the hidden / system file desktop.ini getting created when you wind up browsing to the drive??
January 15, 20224 yr Author 9 hours ago, Squid said: Is the hidden / system file desktop.ini getting created when you wind up browsing to the drive?? I didn’t notice it and honestly I dont know what is desktop.ini. Can you explain it to me please?
January 16, 20224 yr It shows up if you have Windows set to display system protected files, and tends to be created in every folder when you browse into it (stores display options etc). Only a couple hundred bytes in size but once you take into consideration the smallest possible file size of 4K it fits nicely into what you're seeing.
January 16, 20224 yr Author 8 hours ago, Squid said: It shows up if you have Windows set to display system protected files, and tends to be created in every folder when you browse into it (stores display options etc). Only a couple hundred bytes in size but once you take into consideration the smallest possible file size of 4K it fits nicely into what you're seeing. So it is automatically created when you cut/copy paste on a storage device like external HDD?
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