Recent content by firstlast

You're right, I think I misread the Old New Thing article. My question was regarding the first article, and that's been answered. Thanks!

Thanks for your reply! So, database-type files are susceptible to this "internal slack". Normal files like MP3, TXT, PDF, JPEG, etc. don't have this problem, right?

Until recently, I had not heard of slack space existing within files. However, I found this site, which says the following: "In addition to this slack space at the end of all files, the interior slack spaces of the compound files created by applications such as Word® and Excel® can also hold...