This is specifically about a USB stick in Win 7, but I bet it's a larger issue.
I put my stick in (!) today and tried to copy a folder, but was told there was no room on the stick.
What? There's hardly anything on it!
If I look at the stick in Windows Explorer, I see a small abandoned temp file and and two subdirectories:
The subdirectories don't have much in them:
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But apparently Windows THINKS there's a lot on this disk:
Now, before you can say "Hidden files":
AND I have the "protected files" SHOWING, so anything weird ought to pop up, yes?
It's not important - I will either just "wipe empty space" in cCleaner or reformat. I just don't understand what's the cause of this.
Thanks!