Compressing Files

[bmw]

I'm a very new computer user & I kinda experiment around, clicking
buttons & stuff. A lot of times I run into the option of "compress
drives (or something) to save disk space". Should I always check this
option? What are the pros & cons of doing so?

Thanks in advance!

BMW

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You should read:

HOW TO: Use File Compression in Windows XP [Q307987]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D307987

And, if you are tinkering around with the system, you might want to keep =
your links to these support groups handy, you will need them.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone - =
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

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> I'm a very new computer user & I kinda experiment around, clicking
> buttons & stuff. A lot of times I run into the option of "compress
> drives (or something) to save disk space". Should I always check this
> option? What are the pros & cons of doing so?
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> Thanks in advance!
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> BMW