Enable file and folder compression - means what?

[Joshua Beall]

Hi all,

When creating a new partition using the "New Partition Wizard" from XP Pro's
"Computer Management", one of the options you have is "enable file and
folder compression." I am not clear on what this option means - does it
mean that everything will be automatically compressed? Or simply that I
will have the option to compress things?

-Josh

 

[Rod Speed]

When creating a new partition using the "New Partition Wizard" from
XP Pro's "Computer Management", one of the options you have is
"enable file and folder compression." I am not clear on what this option
means - does it mean that everything will be automatically compressed?
Yes.

Or simply that I will have the option to compress things?

You get to do that on a file or folder level too. See the help.