File Compression

[R Hoggan]

In my 'C'properties box the "Compress Drive To save Disk
space" box is un-ticked, but when I run Disk clean up Win
XP Pro still compress's old file's. How can I turn File
compression off. I have a large 80gb drive and don't want
file compression as it slows things down and plays havoc
with my drive image software for backup.

Any help appreciated

Thanks

Robert

[David Candy]

Untick it in disk cleanup. In the C drive properties this sets the =
default - ie files will be uncompressed unless specifically compressed. =
EG dllcache is compressed so files in it inherit their compression from =
the folders properties. EG Windows directory inherits a default of not =
compressing, system32 the same, but as dllcache has compression =
specified , files here will default to compress. You can of course =
specify any file compressed or uncompressed no matter what the defaults. =
So clearing compression in C drives properties merely sets the default.
"R Hoggan" > wrote in message =
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> In my 'C'properties box the "Compress Drive To save Disk=20
> space" box is un-ticked, but when I run Disk clean up Win=20
> XP Pro still compress's old file's. How can I turn File=20
> compression off. I have a large 80gb drive and don't want=20
> file compression as it slows things down and plays havoc=20
> with my drive image software for backup.
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> Any help appreciated
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> Thanks
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> Robert