xxsodapopxx5 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Hi,I currently have a very very large download in utorrent. It is 371GB.It is only 73% done, but when i check the actual filesize on disk by right-clicking on the folder->properties it is display 565GB.That is quite the difference. Will this free up the extra used space once the download has finished?and why is this occurring.Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 and why is this occurring.No idea, it depends on what format the volume is, what the cluster size is, how many files are in the payload and what their individual sizes are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxsodapopxx5 Posted November 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Thanks for your quick answer. I have 2086 files in the torrent that range from 10Mb - 690Mb and virtually every size in between there.My drive is formatted in GUID Partition Table at a 4096 allocation size.I am fine with the extra used space, that is not an issue, I just want to understand why it might be happening so I will be able to calculate this difference in the future.Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxsodapopxx5 Posted November 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Just an update, the torrent finished and it is still 565GB, I am going to do a force recheck and see it that resolves the issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciaobaby Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 I just want to understand why it might be happening so I will be able to calculate this difference in the future.It's called overhead, and you can't, well not easily.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#File_compression Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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