How to disable compression & indexing?

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I run XP Pro. All my disks are formatted NTFS.

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In Properties some of my disks have option to:

"Compress drive to save disk space".

But some of my disks don't have this. Can I prevent this option
appearing on all my disks?

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All my disks have an option to:

"Allow Indexing Service to index for fast file searching"

When I format a new disk this option enabled by default even
though I have disabled the Indexing Service (using Startup Type =
disabled).

Can I also prevent this option from appearing?

Can I change the default for this option to not allow indexing?
 
Hi,

You can't prevent the options from appearing, simply don't use them. The
indexing can be disabled in the system services (start/run services.msc).
Compressed files are treated and handled the same as normal files. While you
don't have to compress them, there is no change in how they are handled by
the system when called for.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
On Sun 14 Aug 2005 03:42:40, Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
You can't prevent the options from appearing, simply don't use
them. The indexing can be disabled in the system services
(start/run services.msc). Compressed files are treated and
handled the same as normal files. While you don't have to
compress them, there is no change in how they are handled by the
system when called for.
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I am puzzled because if (as you say) the options can not be prevented
from appearing then why do some of my disks have the compress option
but others do not?

I would guess that there is something which has permitted that
difference.
 
Hi,

Reasons they wouldn't appear:

- not NTFS (using FAT32)
- non-local (networked) drives

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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