"Compress old files"

G I saw that one coming.


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Gerry
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Stourport, England
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William B. Lurie wrote:
JS wrote:
Check the files 'Accessed' and 'Modified' attributes.

JS, that leads me into *another* area where I have not
been before. Check attributes of files? 700 MB of files?
Any specific ones, or just a random selection......and
specifically how?

Open Windows Explorer, select/click on the drive letter of interest.

Next (With the drive letter highlighted)
In the Windows Explorer tool bar select: 'View'
and the list of options pick 'Choose Details'.
Next check the boxes named: 'Date Modified',
'Date Created' and 'Date Accessed'.
Exit Windows Explorer and then open Windows Explorer again.

You should now see all the folders in the right hand window with
the date and timestamp information. You can also perform the
above steps on a folder by folder basis so see the same
info on a particular subfolder of subfolders.

Be aware that AV scanners commonly modify the 'Date Accessed'
date and time stamp to match the last time you ran your AV software.

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"William B. Lurie" wrote in message
...
JS wrote:
Check the files 'Accessed' and 'Modified' attributes.

JS, that leads me into *another* area where I have not
been before. Check attributes of files? 700 MB of files?
Any specific ones, or just a random selection......and
specifically how?

JS wrote:
Open Windows Explorer, select/click on the drive letter of interest.

Next (With the drive letter highlighted)
In the Windows Explorer tool bar select: 'View'
and the list of options pick 'Choose Details'.
Next check the boxes named: 'Date Modified',
'Date Created' and 'Date Accessed'.
Exit Windows Explorer and then open Windows Explorer again.

You should now see all the folders in the right hand window with
the date and timestamp information. You can also perform the
above steps on a folder by folder basis so see the same
info on a particular subfolder of subfolders.

Be aware that AV scanners commonly modify the 'Date Accessed'
date and time stamp to match the last time you ran your AV software.

Thanks, JS. You've opened up a whole new area for me, that
will take time to find my way around in. Some of the folders seem
to carry timestamp info when I point at them in the right hand
window, some do not. I can't keep troubling you to educate me,
and I do appreciate your doing so. Perhaps I have enough to go on,
perhaps not, but if you'd like to expand a bit more, please do so.

Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812248

Disk Cleanup Utility
http://www.theeldergeek.com/disk_cleanup_utility.htm
(scroll down this list of options till you reach "Compress Old Files")


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JS
http://www.pagestart.com


"William B. Lurie" wrote in message
...
JS wrote:
Open Windows Explorer, select/click on the drive letter of interest.

Next (With the drive letter highlighted)
In the Windows Explorer tool bar select: 'View'
and the list of options pick 'Choose Details'.
Next check the boxes named: 'Date Modified',
'Date Created' and 'Date Accessed'.
Exit Windows Explorer and then open Windows Explorer again.

You should now see all the folders in the right hand window with
the date and timestamp information. You can also perform the
above steps on a folder by folder basis so see the same
info on a particular subfolder of subfolders.

Be aware that AV scanners commonly modify the 'Date Accessed'
date and time stamp to match the last time you ran your AV software.

Thanks, JS. You've opened up a whole new area for me, that
will take time to find my way around in. Some of the folders seem
to carry timestamp info when I point at them in the right hand
window, some do not. I can't keep troubling you to educate me,
and I do appreciate your doing so. Perhaps I have enough to go on,
perhaps not, but if you'd like to expand a bit more, please do so.