I got your point and it makes sense, but you missed me entirely. There was no criticism meant. In my case all my machines have SSDs. I'm not that interested in the reason it wasn't done as much as...

It is quite interesting to note that when you delete a folder and look in the Recycle Bin, the size of the folder shows there.

Wonder what difficulty is involved in making that work for the rest...

Take a look here:

2002-07-02_ftp.microsoft.com directory listing <-- mini-me download (260.4MB ftp archive from 2002...not much)

ftp.microsoft.com.warc directory listing <- semi huge-mongous...