compress old files

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Guest

'Clean up disk space' has this option among others. Should I compress the
old files or not?
Thank you
 
Grampy

If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential
gain arises with your operating system on your C drive.
In the Windows Directory of your C partition you will have
some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and
$NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.

These files may be compressed or not compressed. If
compressed the text of the folder name appears in blue
characters. If not compressed you can compress them.
Right click on each folder and select Properties,
General, Advanced and check the box before Compress
contents to save Disk Space. On the General Tab you
can see the amount gained by deducting the size on disk
from the size. Folder compression is only an option on
a NTFS formatted drive / partition.

Otherwise ignore the file compression feature.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Pete

Yes. There is, however, little point in doing so with these Uninstall
files as there are only there to cover the unlikely possiblity that you
may wish to uninstall an Update. If you want to open a compressed file
it merely takes a little longer than an uncompressed file.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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