FP1: FP Needs More Disk Space Than Stated in Documentation

• Microsoft FrontPage for Windows, version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When you check the disk space before and after you install FrontPage, you may notice that on a hard disk of 512 megabytes (MB) or larger, FrontPage takes up more than 15 MB of disk space.

NOTE: The FrontPage documentation and packaging indicate that FrontPage uses only 15 MB of disk space.

CAUSE

This difference in used space is due to the larger cluster sizes on disks that are greater than 512 MB. Because the smallest amount of data that can be written on these drives is 16 KB or greater, even the smallest file will take up at least 16 KB of disk space.

This issue is most noticeable when you install FrontPage to a disk that uses FAT partitions.

WORKAROUND

To work around this situation, use the appropriate method for your version of Windows.

Method 1

If you are running Windows NT, use NTFS as the file system.

Method 2

If you are using Windows 95, use DriveSpace 3 with compression set to "None." This causes Windows 95 to use sector allocation granularity, which eliminates the cluster size limitations.