Hi Wes,

Thanks for the reply.

Unfortunately, that's the problem - The option to 'Compress' isn't there.

Although C: is an NTFS Partition like all my others, the CheckBox option to
'Compress' is absent from PropertiesGeneral.

Likewise, the 'Advanced' Button is missing when I select 'Properties' for
any Files or Folders on the C: Drive.

All my other NTFS Partitions' 'Properties' work as expected.

I think that the C: Partition was originally FAT32, and was converted to
NTFS; whereas, all the other NTFS Partitions were created from scratch.

Obviously, FAT32 Partitions don't support 'Compression' - I was wondering if
despite coversion to NTFS, there is a Flag set somewhere (in the Registry
perhaps?) which is still set to indicate FAT32?

Thanks again,

Colin.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
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| 1. Open My Computer.
| 2. Right-click the drive you want to compress.
| 3. Click Properties.
| 4. On the General tab, select the Compress drive to save disk space check
| box, and then click OK.
| 5. In Confirm Attribute Changes, select the option you want.
|
| Compress drive to save disk space
| [[Specifies that this NTFS drive be compressed. By default, only files in
| the root directory are compressed automatically. To have Windows compress
| all folders on this drive, select the Also compress subfolders check box
in
| the message that appears.]]
|
| --
| Hope this helps. Let us know.
|
| Wes
| MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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| In ,
| News Group hunted and pecked:
| Hi,
|
| I have a single HDD with several NTFS Partitions: C: D: E: etc.
|
| C: is my System partition - XP Home SP2.
|
| I can compress files (i.e.. the 'Advanced' Button is available) on all
| Partitions except C:
|
| C: is NTFS as are all other Partitions - How do I get the 'Advanced'
| Button back?
|
| Any help appreciated.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Colin
|