XP Disk/folder compression...

[DL]

I have two Hd's in XP PRO - C: / D:

My C: drive allows file/folder/disk compression and right clicking on the
drive shows the "compress drive to save disk space..." option/chkbox.

Clicking on a folder or file does the same - allows me to set the XP
folder/file compression option.

But my D: drive does not.. in fact the chkbox is missing altogether.

Also, the READ-ONLY chkbox comes up checked as gray on any folder/file that
I check to properties on.. I suspect this points to the cause above...

Anyone else seen this?

doug

 

[DL]

More info:

Seems my D: is marked as the active partion. No idea how that happened...
any downside to that?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi DL,

More info:

Seems my D: is marked as the active partion. No idea how that
happened...
any downside to that?

Just means that it is the partition the bootstrap looks at for boot
information.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi DL,

I have two Hd's in XP PRO - C: / D:

My C: drive allows file/folder/disk compression and right clicking on the
drive shows the "compress drive to save disk space..." option/chkbox.

Clicking on a folder or file does the same - allows me to set the XP
folder/file compression option.

But my D: drive does not.. in fact the chkbox is missing altogether.

Also, the READ-ONLY chkbox comes up checked as gray on any folder/file
that I check to properties on.. I suspect this points to the cause
above...

Anyone else seen this?

doug

Is D using FAT32? Compression is only available in NTFS.

The "read only" attribute on a folder is normal, and it is ignored by the
system during operation. It only applies to files.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[DL]

Nope NTFS...strange.

Hi DL,


Is D using FAT32? Compression is only available in NTFS.

The "read only" attribute on a folder is normal, and it is ignored by the
system during operation. It only applies to files.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org