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I apologize that I can not make my self clear
 but what you wrote is asclose as I can get. My systems is NTFS and I am discussing the files that occur when you click on "Properties" then "Disk Cleanup". In the window that appears it list; Office files, Recycle Bin files, Compressed Old Files, and Catalog Files. The Compressed Old Files on that list is what I am trying to find on the my Hard Drive. PS If could tell me what creates those files and way to stop that from happening I would truly be a happy man. Thank you all the responses so far. "Gerry" wrote: > Are we discussing Disk Compression or File Compression? > > Is D one of a number of partitions on a drive or a single partition on a > drive? Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, > Disk Management. See the lower right pane. > > Is D formatted as NTFS or FAT32? Right click on D in Windows Explorer > and select Properties to get this information. > > When you select Disk CleanUp you are asked to select a drive. The > default is C but you can use the scroll bar to select another drive e.g. > D. > > -- > > > Gerry > ~~~~ > FCA > Stourport, England > Enquire, plan and execute > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > computerkiller wrote: > > Sorry no Disk Compression turned on. > > > > "JS" wrote: > > > >> Must be an NTFS partition and the Disk Compression > >> must be turned on. > >> > >> -- > >> JS > >> http://www.pagestart.com > >> > >> > >> > >> "computerkiller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in > >> message news:8FA09EBF-4824-4F22-9B38-(E-Mail Removed)... > >>> > >>> > >>> "computerkiller" wrote: > >>> > >>>> Where do I find the compress old files under "Disk Cleanup"? > >>> > >>> > >>> Sorry I mean on the partition. D: drive is not able to clean them > >>> do, I think, do to the partition is 48% full. > > |
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computerkiller <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I apologize that I can not make my self clear but what you wrote is as>close as I can get. My systems is NTFS and I am discussing the files that >occur when you click on "Properties" then "Disk Cleanup". In the window that >appears it list; Office files, Recycle Bin files, Compressed Old Files, and >Catalog Files. The Compressed Old Files on that list is what I am trying to >find on the my Hard Drive. There AREN'T any... that listing - if you tick it - will result in the system compressing some little-used files to give you more disk space. It won't delete compressed files, it will CREATE compressed files. |
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Uncheck the box before Compress old files will stop further files being
compressed. The Disk Cleanup tool stops responding while it is compressing old files on a Windows XP-based computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812248/en-us Another option is to change the number of days http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...r-files-on-xp/ If you want to stop the calculation of disk space saving: http://samanathon.com/registry-hack-...n-calculation/ -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ computerkiller wrote: > I apologize that I can not make my self clear but what you wrote> is as close as I can get. My systems is NTFS and I am discussing the > files that occur when you click on "Properties" then "Disk Cleanup". > In the window that appears it list; Office files, Recycle Bin files, > Compressed Old Files, and Catalog Files. The Compressed Old Files on > that list is what I am trying to find on the my Hard Drive. > > PS If could tell me what creates those files and way to stop that from > happening I would truly be a happy man. Thank you all the responses > so far. > > "Gerry" wrote: > >> Are we discussing Disk Compression or File Compression? >> >> Is D one of a number of partitions on a drive or a single partition >> on a drive? Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer >> Management, Disk Management. See the lower right pane. >> >> Is D formatted as NTFS or FAT32? Right click on D in Windows Explorer >> and select Properties to get this information. >> >> When you select Disk CleanUp you are asked to select a drive. The >> default is C but you can use the scroll bar to select another drive >> e.g. D. >> >> -- >> >> >> Gerry >> ~~~~ >> FCA >> Stourport, England >> Enquire, plan and execute >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> >> computerkiller wrote: >>> Sorry no Disk Compression turned on. >>> >>> "JS" wrote: >>> >>>> Must be an NTFS partition and the Disk Compression >>>> must be turned on. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> JS >>>> http://www.pagestart.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "computerkiller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote >>>> in message >>>> news:8FA09EBF-4824-4F22-9B38-(E-Mail Removed)... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "computerkiller" wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Where do I find the compress old files under "Disk Cleanup"? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sorry I mean on the partition. D: drive is not able to clean them >>>>> do, I think, do to the partition is 48% full. |
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[see bottom replies]
>>>>> "computerkiller" wrote: >>>>> Where do I find the compress old files under "Disk Cleanup"? >>>> "Daave" wrote: >>>> Just scroll down: >>>> http://www.tips4pc.com/images/disk%20cleanup.PNG >>> "computerkiller" wrote: >>> Sorry I mean on the partition. D: drive is not able to clean them >>> do, I think, do to the partition is 48% full. ["do to" = "due to"?] >>"JS" wrote: >> Must be an NTFS partition and the Disk Compression >> must be turned on. > "computerkiller" wrote: > Sorry no Disk Compression turned on. There appears to be a misconception about the "compress old files" option in Disk Cleanup. The other options remove files from the disk, but the "compress old files" does not remove the files it operates on, but (like ZIP,) compresses each individual file where ever it is located, so it takes up less space. The Windows Help topics on Disk Cleanup do not explain that option, however, while in the Disk Cleanup dialog, if you scroll down to the "compress old files" option and (not the checkbox, but) click the words "compress old files", the following Description appears: "Windows can compress files that you haven't accessed in a while. Compressing the files will save disk space while still enabling you to access them. No files will be deleted. Because files compress at different rates, the displayed amount of disk space you will gain is approximate." There is also an "Options" button, which provides additional info: "You can compress files that are not accessed very often. Specify how many days to wait before an unaccessed file is compressed. Compress after: [50]days" So, if you have previously used that option and want to find one or more of those compressed files, search for files with last accessed dates more than 50 days before they were compressed, unless you have changed the default "50 days" to some other value. Since Disk Cleanup does not identify which files it is offering to compress, I have never used that option. (It is currently indicating a space savings of only 64K.  HTH (Hope This Helps! --Richard |
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