I have two internal hard drives
Drive C has my XP and installed programs.
Drive D holds all of my images, music, files, zipped programs, etc.
Some time ago I compressed drive D because it was filling up after converting all of my CD's to my hard drive (I admit that I did NO research before making that decision).
Now, after decompressing the drive, the files still appear 'blue' unless I physically alter/edit them.
Windows reports that neither the drive nor the folders are compressed but the individual files tell a different story...
What am I missing? I no longer want my MP3's and images to be compressed any more than what they natively would be.
I have 2GB ram and a fairly decent co-processer but would like to lighten the work load they experience through compressing/decompressing files.
If, in fact, my drive is already decompressed; why do the files still appear blue in Windows Explorer?
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Drive Compression in XP
Started by Guest_Viki_*, May 02 2006 12:35 AM
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Posted 02 May 2006 - 01:54 AM
Check the file properties to see if the files are still compressed.
If I recall correctly, with NTFS compression, when you decompress a folder, the subfolders and files within are not decompressed unless you select that option.
If I recall correctly, with NTFS compression, when you decompress a folder, the subfolders and files within are not decompressed unless you select that option.
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Posted 02 May 2006 - 02:49 PM
Glenn, on May 1 2006, 09:54 PM, said:
Check the file properties to see if the files are still compressed.
If I recall correctly, with NTFS compression, when you decompress a folder, the subfolders and files within are not decompressed unless you select that option.
If I recall correctly, with NTFS compression, when you decompress a folder, the subfolders and files within are not decompressed unless you select that option.
Is there a way to correct this 'after the fact'?
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Posted 02 May 2006 - 03:19 PM
How to remove all compression attributes:
Start > Run > cmd.exe
Once in cmd.exe, type:
Where X: is the drive letter you wish to uncompress. It will not say anything or return you to a C:\ prompt until it is complete. You will also be able to look at C:\compression.log to see what was processed.
Start > Run > cmd.exe
Once in cmd.exe, type:
compact /u /s:X:\ /i /f /a /q > C:\compression.log
Where X: is the drive letter you wish to uncompress. It will not say anything or return you to a C:\ prompt until it is complete. You will also be able to look at C:\compression.log to see what was processed.
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Posted 02 May 2006 - 07:01 PM
DjLizard, on May 2 2006, 11:19 AM, said:
How to remove all compression attributes:
Start > Run > cmd.exe
Once in cmd.exe, type:
Where X: is the drive letter you wish to uncompress. It will not say anything or return you to a C:\ prompt until it is complete. You will also be able to look at C:\compression.log to see what was processed.
Start > Run > cmd.exe
Once in cmd.exe, type:
compact /u /s:X:\ /i /f /a /q > C:\compression.log
Where X: is the drive letter you wish to uncompress. It will not say anything or return you to a C:\ prompt until it is complete. You will also be able to look at C:\compression.log to see what was processed.
What effect will this have on the rar and zip files stored on this drive?
Will they still be in their compressed formats?
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Posted 02 May 2006 - 07:05 PM
Yes. This only affects NTFS' internal compression capability. This unsets the compression flag on the file.
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Posted 03 May 2006 - 07:40 AM
DjLizard, on May 2 2006, 03:05 PM, said:
Yes. This only affects NTFS' internal compression capability. This unsets the compression flag on the file.
Thank you so much for your prompt and capable help.
