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Q300968: Train Simulator: Installation Uses More Disk Space Than Expected

Article: Q300968
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbimu
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Train Simulator, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you install Microsoft Train Simulator on your computer, a complete
installation may require a greater amount of disk space than the disk-space
requirements listed on the box for a full install.

CAUSE
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A complete installation of Train Simulator requires about 1.8 gigabytes (GB) of
disk space (not including the swap file) unless you install the program to a
FAT16 volume. If you install to a Fat16 volume, the installation may require as
much as 2.2 GB because of the cluster size of a FAT16 volume. On a hard disk
that uses the FAT16 file system, the smallest amount of space that a file can
use is equal to the size of one cluster. This means that a 1-kilobyte (KB) file
stored on the hard disk may actually use up to 32 KB of physical disk space,
rather than 1 KB of disk space. Train Simulator installs a large number of small
files (1 to 2 KB), including images (JPG).

NOTE: This behavior does not occur on a FAT32 file system or on NTFS file
systems, because these systems do not have a 32-KB limitation.

MORE INFORMATION
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Windows 95 Gold only supports FAT16 volumes, but Windows 95 OSR2, all versions
of Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows 2000 can support FAT32.

It may be possible to use Microsoft utilities to convert a FAT16 volume to FAT32
in some operating systems. More information including information on who to
contact for support of these tools can be found in the following articles:

- Window98, Windows Millennium

  

  Q273896 How to Convert a Drive to FAT32 in Windows Millennium Edition

  Q180134 How to Convert a Drive to FAT32 Using Drive Converter

  Q253774 Common Questions About the FAT32 File System

- Windows 2000

  

  Q214579 How to Use Convert.exe to Convert a Partition to NTFS

  Q156560 Free Space Required to Convert FAT to NTFS

- Windows 95 OSR2

  Q158238 How to Determine the Version of Windows 95/98/Me in Use

  Q155003 Description of Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2

Additional query words: msgame

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Keywords          : kbimu 
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbGamesSearch kbTrainSim
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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