Microsoft KB Archive/229807

= DriveSpace May Report Used Space and Free Space Incorrectly =

Article ID: 229807

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q229807



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Microsoft DriveSpace or Microsoft DriveSpace 3 tool to view the free space and used space of a hard disk that is 2 gigabytes (GB) or larger, the space may be reported incorrectly.



CAUSE
This problem is due to problems in DriveSpace or DriveSpace 3.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, view the free space and used space of your hard disks in Windows Explorer:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Windows Explorer.
 * 2) Click the hard disk you want to check, click File, and then click Properties.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbprb kbui KB229807

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