Compress drive to save disk space?

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jsmit86 · #1 Post by **jsmit86** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:02 pm

Is there any reason not to use this WinXP feature?

Happy · #2 Post by **Happy** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:00 pm

Absolutely not - go ahead. I've been using the compression feature of
NT/XP NTFS formatted drives for more than 6 years. Never had a problem with it

Saved me everything from 14 - 18 percent of the harddrive or partion
formatted this way. Took no noticeable performance hit what so ever.

mattfromomaha · #3 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:06 am

You seriously can't tell a speed difference? I'm surprised to hear that...

Leon · #4 Post by **Leon** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:11 am

if you compress the drive, and ever have a disk problem, you will find that recovery methods are severely hampered....

Garth Farley · #5 Post by **Garth Farley** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:30 am

Well if you've a disk problem, the 2k/xp Recovery CD should be a better repair alternative. As soon as ntfs support is loaded, compressed files should look no different to the system as normal ones.

I love this feature. Owning an ancient 380z, doing a drive cleanup gave me back 25% of my HD space! And I notice no slowdown either. It's files that are barely ever used that are compressed, like spare drivers in system32 folder, help files, loads of random ini and text files that are pretty useless anyway.
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Compress drive to save disk space?

Compress drive to save disk space?

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