Disk Cleanup, Compress Old Files

[Guest]

I was useing Disk Cleanup in C:\drive, properties, General tab, to delete
some unneeded files, and didn't notice that Compress Old Files was selected,
and ran it. It took quite a while to run. I think my PC run's slower now.
(1) Would that be normal, to be running slower?
(2) Is there a way to reverse what I've done?
I had plenty of hard drive space, and still have over 30gig left. I'm
thinking of reformating the drive and reinstalling Windows XP, after
backingup and updating and reinstalling all my other programs, this will be a
very time consuming mistake!
Thank you

 

[Guest]

Try running defrag.Also,to limit what xp disk cleanup does during the
operation,
go to run,type:CLEANMGR /SAGESET Select the files to clean.After,return to
run,type:CLEANMGR /SAGERUN Cleanup runs...

 

[Phil Weldon]

'XP user' wrote:
| I was useing Disk Cleanup in C:\drive, properties, General tab, to delete
| some unneeded files, and didn't notice that Compress Old Files was
selected,
| and ran it. It took quite a while to run. I think my PC run's slower now.
| (1) Would that be normal, to be running slower?
| (2) Is there a way to reverse what I've done?
| I had plenty of hard drive space, and still have over 30gig left. I'm
| thinking of reformating the drive and reinstalling Windows XP, after
| backingup and updating and reinstalling all my other programs, this will
be a
| very time consuming mistake
_____

No, uneeded files that were compressed rather than deleted will not cause
your system to run slower. USING a compressed file requires extra CPU time,
but then the 'Compress old files' option only compresses files you haven't
used recently (the default is 50 days.)

Check fragmentation, and defrag if necessary.

No drastic steps need be taken. Do not even consider reformatting and
reinstalling.

There is, however a command that will display any compressed files or
directories. You can then use the command with switches to decompress any
files or directories.

This may be a case of, 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it, which is why I will
leave it to you to research the command.

Phil Weldon



|I was useing Disk Cleanup in C:\drive, properties, General tab, to delete
| some unneeded files, and didn't notice that Compress Old Files was
selected,
| and ran it. It took quite a while to run. I think my PC run's slower now.
| (1) Would that be normal, to be running slower?
| (2) Is there a way to reverse what I've done?
| I had plenty of hard drive space, and still have over 30gig left. I'm
| thinking of reformating the drive and reinstalling Windows XP, after
| backingup and updating and reinstalling all my other programs, this will
be a
| very time consuming mistake!
| Thank you

 

[Poprivet]

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No, uneeded files that were compressed rather than deleted will not
cause your system to run slower. USING a compressed file requires
extra CPU time, but then the 'Compress old files' option only
compresses files you haven't used recently (the default is 50 days.)

....

Isn't it true that, if XP ever needs a file that was compressed that way,
that it will uncompress it and leave it uncompressed? I'm pretty sure, but
not positive ... .

Pop`

 

[Phil Weldon]

'Poprivet' wrote:
| Isn't it true that, if XP ever needs a file that was compressed that way,
| that it will uncompress it and leave it uncompressed? I'm pretty sure,
but
| not positive ... .
_____

I don't think so (type compact /? at the command prompt), but in this day
of $0.20 US per GByte hard drives (NewEgg, PATA 500 GByte 16 MB cache 7200
rpm Seagate) it would seem a relic B^)

Phil Weldon

| Phil Weldon wrote:
| > 'XP user' wrote:
| >> I was useing Disk Cleanup in C:\drive, properties, General tab, to
| ...
| > _____
| >
| > No, uneeded files that were compressed rather than deleted will not
| > cause your system to run slower. USING a compressed file requires
| > extra CPU time, but then the 'Compress old files' option only
| > compresses files you haven't used recently (the default is 50 days.)
| ...
|
| Isn't it true that, if XP ever needs a file that was compressed that way,
| that it will uncompress it and leave it uncompressed? I'm pretty sure,
but
| not positive ... .
|
| Pop`
|
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