Files appear larger on flash drive

[EnigMoiD]

Title says it all. Basically, I reformatted my new flash drive to MS-DOS (which I think/suspect it was already) and files copied onto the flash drive become much larger. For example, a 275 megabyte folder full of images turned into a 425 megabyte folder-even when dragged off the flash drive.

What could cause this? I do suspect that it's a labeling error, as the file doesn't act like it's gained size.

 

[CylonGlitch]

Did you see the little label on the bottom of the flash drive, it says, "Files on this drive may be larger then they appear".

Sorry, bad joke. I would say that it has to do with the sector size and it may be, but I don't think so, that typically only effects small files. Donno what to tell you, seems awful odd though.

 

[Gregg2]

What could cause this? I do suspect that it's a labeling error, as the file doesn't act like it's gained size.

Give that file an Emmy! (on a small screen)