I've let the clean disk program compress files that haven't been accessed on
a long time.

What I would like is, if I now use one of those files the system would leave
the file uncompressed since it is now into play again.

Is that possible?

Thanks

Academia wrote:
>
> I've let the clean disk program compress files that haven't been accessed on
> a long time.

In the future, NEVER let Windows compress your files.


--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Why, what is the down side?


Thanks

"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
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> Academia wrote:
>>
>> I've let the clean disk program compress files that haven't been accessed
>> on
>> a long time.
>
> In the future, NEVER let Windows compress your files.
>
>
> --
> http://www.bootdisk.com/
>
>

Academia wrote:
> Why, what is the down side?
>

Nobody else can read the file.

Suppose you have to place your un-bootable drive in another machine that's
running, oh, Win98 or Win2000 to recover the data.

If trash gets slung into the middle of a compressed file, the file is
unusable. Period. In an un-compressed file only the garbage records are
affected.

Thanks for the info

"HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Academia wrote:
>> Why, what is the down side?
>>
>
> Nobody else can read the file.
>
> Suppose you have to place your un-bootable drive in another machine that's
> running, oh, Win98 or Win2000 to recover the data.
>
> If trash gets slung into the middle of a compressed file, the file is
> unusable. Period. In an un-compressed file only the garbage records are
> affected.
>
>

Different system than what you are thinking of. Windows
automatically uncompresses the file whenever it is accessed,
even a file copy to another source if done from within
Windows.


"HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Academia wrote:
>> Why, what is the down side?
>>
>
> Nobody else can read the file.
>
> Suppose you have to place your un-bootable drive in
> another machine that's running, oh, Win98 or Win2000 to
> recover the data.
>
> If trash gets slung into the middle of a compressed file,
> the file is unusable. Period. In an un-compressed file
> only the garbage records are affected.
>
>

I wish it would save the file as uncompressed once used.
No way I can get it to do that is there?

Thanks


"LVTravel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Different system than what you are thinking of. Windows automatically
> uncompresses the file whenever it is accessed, even a file copy to another
> source if done from within Windows.
>
>
> "HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Academia wrote:
>>> Why, what is the down side?
>>>
>>
>> Nobody else can read the file.
>>
>> Suppose you have to place your un-bootable drive in another machine
>> that's running, oh, Win98 or Win2000 to recover the data.
>>
>> If trash gets slung into the middle of a compressed file, the file is
>> unusable. Period. In an un-compressed file only the garbage records are
>> affected.
>>
>>
>
>

"HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Academia wrote:
>> Why, what is the down side?
>>
>
> Nobody else can read the file.

... Nobody except another XP machine, which aren't exactly hard to find, or
other OS's like Linux that understand the NTFS filesystem.

> Suppose you have to place your un-bootable drive in another machine that's
> running, oh, Win98

You could not do this, as compression requires NTFS, which Win98 can't deal
with. *None* of the NTFS partition would be accessible to a Win98 system.

Easy to get to the data with an XP machine though, and there are lots of
them around.

> or Win2000 to recover the data.

Frankly, it's a lot more likely that you'll connect to another XP machine,
since they are far more common than either Win98 or W2K systems.

> If trash gets slung into the middle of a compressed file, the file is
> unusable. Period. In an un-compressed file only the garbage records are
> affected.

I really don't see many reports of problems with NTFS compression.

HTH
-pk

"Academia" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I wish it would save the file as uncompressed once used.
> No way I can get it to do that is there?

You could turn off compression, or save it to an uncompressed folder.

Compression is generally used to save drive space. On the other hand, 500
gig drives can be had for just over $100.

HTH
-pk

>
> Thanks
>
>
> "LVTravel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Different system than what you are thinking of. Windows automatically
>> uncompresses the file whenever it is accessed, even a file copy to
>> another source if done from within Windows.
>>
>>
>> "HeyBub" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Academia wrote:
>>>> Why, what is the down side?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nobody else can read the file.
>>>
>>> Suppose you have to place your un-bootable drive in another machine
>>> that's running, oh, Win98 or Win2000 to recover the data.
>>>
>>> If trash gets slung into the middle of a compressed file, the file is
>>> unusable. Period. In an un-compressed file only the garbage records are
>>> affected.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Plato wrote:
> Academia wrote:
>>
>> I've let the clean disk program compress files that
>> haven't been
>> accessed on a long time.
>
> In the future, NEVER let Windows compress your files.

In the future, beware this person't advice. It's
incorrect and there is no reason to do that.