Hi,
To avoid any misunderstanding: I only want to Compress selected files on the
C: Partition; not the whole Drive.
The system isn't mine, and (as a matter of courtesy) I don't want to return
it with known problems.
Colin
"Jaymon" wrote in message
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| It may not be a good idea to compress the c: drive???
|
| A little compression goes a long way. In general, NTFS compression is
most effective when used on files that are not already compressed. Bitmap
images, Microsoft Word documents, and database files are highly
compressible. Because music files (in MP3 and WMA format) and JPEG or GIF
images are already compressed, NTFS compression provides little benefit and
incurs a noticeable performance hit. By all means, avoid compressing the
folders that contain Windows system files and log files that the operating
system uses regularly. The negative effect on performance is especially
severe here.
|
| XP Inside Out, MS Press, excerpts ..
|
| For security and performance reasons, encryption and compression are
mutually exclusive attributes for files stored on an NTFS volume. If the
file is compressed, it can't be encrypted, and vice versa.
|
| Might apply
| j;-)
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| "News Group" wrote:
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| 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
| ...
| | 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
| |
| | 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
| |
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