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File size strangeness
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Farpoint
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Feb 3, 2001, 06:14 PM
 
I recently initialized my drive and installed OS 9.0 on it. But, now every file, no matter the type or normal size, it 459k! Not very serious, except for programs that use many small files. My Internet folder went from 300MB to 1.2GB!!! Help. What can I do to fix this?

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Cipher13
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Feb 3, 2001, 06:35 PM
 
Reformat it. You formatted the drive in MacOS Standard (HFS) mode - to fix this, reformat in MacOS Extended (HFS+).
Sorry, its the only way. You say all files are 459K - I assume larger files than that display a larger size.

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Farpoint  (op)
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Feb 3, 2001, 06:45 PM
 
Ah. I assumed HSF+ was the standard. And yes, larger files display the proper size.

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