Microsoft KB Archive/80575

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Determining the Amount of Disk Space with Stacker

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Q80575

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

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SUMMARY
The best way to accurately determine the amount of free space on a hard drive running Stacker is to run the Scheck utility.

MORE INFORMATION
Stacker is a utility, manufactured by STAC Electronics, that performs hard disk file compression.

To Run Scheck
 Exit Windows (running an MS-DOS shell does not work).  At an MS-DOS command line, type "scheck"  Press ENTER. A screen similar to the following should be displayed:   --

Scheck 2.0 (c) Copyright 1990-1991 Stac...

Volume in Drive C has no label

No errors found

Stacker Drive Statistics:

Stacker Drive          STACKVOL File Drive C:               D:\STACVOL.OOO ---    --   Total Bytes:    94,994,432              47,498,240 Bytes Used:    76,947,456  (81.0)     41,699,840 Bytes Free:    18,046,976              5,798,400

Stacker Drive Compression Ratio = 1.8:1 Projected Bytes Free           =  10,575,872

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Information about the amount of free space on the hard drive is on the Bytes Free row in the right column (for example, 5,798,400 in the example above).

For further information concerning this report, please refer to the documentation for Stacker.

The product included here is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: Windows 3.0 3.00 3.0a 3.00a stack

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a