The size of the hard drive under HFS will dictate file sizes because the 
OS must assign a minimum file size based on the HD.
Frank



On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 08:49  AM, Stephen Foster wrote:

> When copying files from my internal drive to my external drive I've
> noticed the file size increases to approximately three times the size
> of the original file. Both drives are HFS standard, PM 6100/60, os
> 8.1. Any idea why this is happening?


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