Because of the way Windows allocates disk space, almost every file
is given more disk space than it needs. This extra space is
sometimes called "slack". In most cases, the amount of slack, or
wasted, space increases with drive size, especially when the drive
is formatted with the FAT16 filesystem.
How much of your disk space is being wasted? Karen's Disk Slack
Checker will let you know. You'll also discover which filesystem is
used on each of your drives, and the drive's "cluster size", or
smallest unit of disk space allocation. |