Do NOT Compress Your "C:" Drive!!!!!! Compressed drive "C", not good idea.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

If the Folder in the Windows Directory of the "Uncompressed" drive is blue (compressed) leave it compressed in this one.
No it will not do anything to uncompressed files. If you uncompress the whole drive then it will uncompress files that are supposed to be compressed (such as the Windows Uninstall folders and will take far more room than it originally did.


I don't know about you but I don't encrypt any of my files and no uncompressing files will not unencrypt any files if you have some.
Some files in the Windows folder cannot be compressed even if you tell XP to do so, because those files are actively being used at the time and access to them is denied.
Just because you turned off compression at the drive level does not turn it off at the directory level until you change it. So creating a file at this point will still create compressed files in the folder.
And yes the color-coding thing is accurate.

Ahhhh, thanx Dale, I'm starting to feel more comfortable and thanx again for being patient with me.


So basically here i am left with only a few doubts (but getting less doubtier).

1) What about the files in the c:\Windows folders that are (got) compressed that are NOT uninstall files, what do I do about them, as a lot of them (files) are blue too.

2) What about the thing that I was told that the drive may not clone (something because of an overlay) if it is compressed. As I will still have some compressed files left (all of the (many) C:\Windows folder files).

3) Here's what I think you are telling me to do ; please add or edit the below:

Go to "C" directory and on there highlight all folders except C:/windows, right click will get me to properties/general, hit advanced and unclick compress box (tried this and it works for folders and files), then hit apply. All folders (except C:\windows) and files in all those folders will be uncompressed and I should be okay for a clone, and my computer speed will return despite the fact that ALL windows files are still compressed.

I'm almost there

one more thing I noticed: What about the C:\programfiles\windowsNT folder; any concern there?