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Volume
A Volume is a fixed-sized storage space for files. Within the volume is a system for organizing data into files, and for grouping the files into directories. For instance, you have a floppy disk with 1.4 megabytes of space on it. It's got the files east and west, each 100k, and a directory vert. vert contains two files north and south, each 100k. There is 1000k still available on the volume.

You can see all of the volumes on your machine by bringing up the Host Window in Interrogator (Open menu). You can see all of the directories on that volume with a Volume window (double click on the entry in the Host Window, or use an item on the Open > Volumes menu.)


Volume Window
A Volume Window displays the directories in a volume. There is one Volume window for every volume. The directories are listed as a hierarchy whose items you can expose and collapse by clicking on the triangle.

The Volume Window is a good way to find where on your disk all of the depletion space is going. The biggest icons show the biggest proportion of space used. You can then click on these icons for a breakdown among its subdirectories.

Only directories and directory-like objects (like Mac applications) are shown; if you want to see the individual files, open the directory icon (return, slash, or double click) to get a Directory Window.


For a list of all of the volumes on a machine, see the Open > Volumes menu, or see the Host window.


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