win 2000 - files damaged due to compression

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have you ever had any problems with win 2000 built in compression?

some of my files were damaged, at the begining i thought it could be a virus
but - the problem concerns nef files (nikon raw photography format) and i
guess viruses rather dont attack those files

im wondering if the problem could be caused by win 2000 compression (my
photography directories r compressed) and if there is any chance to repair
it?
 
xy said:
have you ever had any problems with win 2000 built in compression?

some of my files were damaged, at the begining i thought it could be a virus
but - the problem concerns nef files (nikon raw photography format) and i
guess viruses rather dont attack those files

im wondering if the problem could be caused by win 2000 compression (my
photography directories r compressed) and if there is any chance to repair
it?
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What compression are you referring to? The only inbuilt Windows
compression I'm aware of is the NTFS compression. It applies to
whole partitions, not individual folders.
 
Is the folder compressed ... normally it would show up with blue characters
in it's name.
If you have compressed the folder, you can right click on the folder, and
uncompress the folder (under Advanced I believe).
 
What compression are you referring to? The only inbuilt Windows
compression I'm aware of is the NTFS compression. It applies to
whole partitions, not individual folders.
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NTFS compression can be applied to folders or to individual files. (The
uninstall folders in \WINNT are typically compressed.) There was a
problem with one of the security updates (KB920958) that could result in
damage to compre ssed files. A subsequent update fixed the problem, but
files could have been damaged in the interim.

See http://marc.kupper.googlepages.com/scandf for more information on this
and a program that can identify files damaged by this problem.
 
What? You can use NTFS compression to compress individual files and folders,
as well as an entire NTFS volume. You can compress a folder without
compressing its contents. You can work with NTFS-compressed files without
decompressing them, because they are decompressed and recompressed without
user intervention.


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Pegasus (MVP) said:
What compression are you referring to? The only inbuilt Windows
compression I'm aware of is the NTFS compression. It applies to
whole partitions, not individual folders.
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Thanks to all those who took the trouble to correct my
erroneous statement.
 
uninstall folders in \WINNT are typically compressed.) There was a
problem with one of the security updates (KB920958) that could result in
damage to compre ssed files. A subsequent update fixed the problem, but
files could have been damaged in the interim.

See http://marc.kupper.googlepages.com/scandf for more information on this
and a program that can identify files damaged by this problem.
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Yep, it seams that its my problem. Additionnaly I've found one interesting
link more:

http://groups.google.com/group/n3td...problem+damaged+files&rnum=9#c3c22316312220a8

But....

I have at least one file which is not detected as corrupted, but it is
damaged (at the end it has 00 repated not DF, suprisingly when I've made a
copy of it, the copy has DF at the end, not 00, uppps).

Additionnaly both tools find 4 files as corrupted, which seems to be ok.

I will have to verify more precisely all the files to denote my damages.
:( Btw, special congratulations to Microsoft. :((((
 
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