Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> Try analysing the drive with MyDefrag (http://www.mydefrag.com). It will 
> show you what file occupies any given part of the disk.

Cool. He needs some SEO in there. I never found that, even when I was 
looking for better defraggers. :-)

> The size of the MFT will of course depend on the amount of files on the 
> drive, but can easily be 100 MB or more.

I think the allocated space is 1KB for each file, for the maximum number of 
files you've ever allocated. I.e., 1KB per file, but it never shrinks.

> Also, keep in mind that Windows will by default reserve up to an eighth 
> of the drive for the MFT to grow into. 

Actually, it's at least 1/8th, and you can bumpt it up as high as 50% when 
you first format the drive if you want. In case you know you'll have lots of 
tiny files.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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