Media size shown?

I have a Music folder that on XP shows 42.8 gigs and when I took to a friend
with Vista it shows as 25 gig. Why does it show such a difference?

How did you "take" it to a friend?


"rhuds13" <rhuds13@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a Music folder that on XP shows 42.8 gigs and when I took to a
> friend
> with Vista it shows as 25 gig. Why does it show such a difference?

On a external hard drive.

"Dave" wrote:

> How did you "take" it to a friend?
>
>
> "rhuds13" <rhuds13@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:67A30CD0-778B-4858-A371-40FDB1B7C1C3@microsoft.com...
> > I have a Music folder that on XP shows 42.8 gigs and when I took to a
> > friend
> > with Vista it shows as 25 gig. Why does it show such a difference?
>
>

Large, portable hard drives are a dime a dozen now. Carrying around 100 GB
of files is no big deal these days.

Tim



"Dave" <dave@beepbeep.com> wrote in message
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> How did you "take" it to a friend?

How does this answer my question of why such a large size diff between XP and
Vista?

"Destin_FL" wrote:

> Large, portable hard drives are a dime a dozen now. Carrying around 100 GB
> of files is no big deal these days.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> "Dave" <dave@beepbeep.com> wrote in message
> news:eAlnWBCIIHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > How did you "take" it to a friend?
>
>

Well, I'll take a dozen for a dime... ;-)
It might make a difference whether he took the same drive, or copied the
folder to another drive, and didn't get all the files.


"Destin_FL" <hightidemedia@spamfree.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Large, portable hard drives are a dime a dozen now. Carrying around 100
> GB of files is no big deal these days.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> "Dave" <dave@beepbeep.com> wrote in message
> news:eAlnWBCIIHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> How did you "take" it to a friend?
>

Yes I use this drive on both of my systems when need to back up or save
files. Friend wanted to look thru my music and that was when I noticed size
Vista showed.

"Dave" wrote:

> Well, I'll take a dozen for a dime... ;-)
> It might make a difference whether he took the same drive, or copied the
> folder to another drive, and didn't get all the files.
>
>
> "Destin_FL" <hightidemedia@spamfree.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:11SXi.3547$Tp3.3026@newsfe15.lga...
> > Large, portable hard drives are a dime a dozen now. Carrying around 100
> > GB of files is no big deal these days.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dave" <dave@beepbeep.com> wrote in message
> > news:eAlnWBCIIHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> How did you "take" it to a friend?
> >
>

rhuds13 wrote:
> I have a Music folder that on XP shows 42.8 gigs and when I took to a
> friend with Vista it shows as 25 gig. Why does it show such a
> difference?

Wild guess:

Some of the files are marked "Hidden." On your machine you're set to show
"Hidden files and folders" and his machine is not.

Could be. I always set mine to show all files. Other system is new and would
not have been set that way. I will check and see. Thanks.

"HeyBub" wrote:

> rhuds13 wrote:
> > I have a Music folder that on XP shows 42.8 gigs and when I took to a
> > friend with Vista it shows as 25 gig. Why does it show such a
> > difference?
>
> Wild guess:
>
> Some of the files are marked "Hidden." On your machine you're set to show
> "Hidden files and folders" and his machine is not.
>
>
>

Well just set my folders to default and on D drive still shows as 42.8 gigs.
So will bring the external drive home today and check it on my system.

"rhuds13" wrote:

> Could be. I always set mine to show all files. Other system is new and would
> not have been set that way. I will check and see. Thanks.
>
> "HeyBub" wrote:
>
> > rhuds13 wrote:
> > > I have a Music folder that on XP shows 42.8 gigs and when I took to a
> > > friend with Vista it shows as 25 gig. Why does it show such a
> > > difference?
> >
> > Wild guess:
> >
> > Some of the files are marked "Hidden." On your machine you're set to show
> > "Hidden files and folders" and his machine is not.
> >
> >
> >