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Recycle Bin Reports Drive Size Incorrectly in Large Partitions

Article ID: 187188

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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This article was previously published under Q187188

SYMPTOMS

When you view Recycle Bin Properties to view the size of a partition on a hard disk in your computer, a partition larger than 1.99 gigabytes (GB) may be incorrectly reported to be 1.99 GB.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, use Windows Explorer to view the size of a partition on a hard disk in your computer. To do so, use the following steps:
  1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Windows Explorer.
  2. Right-click the drive you want to view, and then click Properties.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 98.

Additional query words: 98

Keywords: kbprb kbui KB187188


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