Actual size of a compressed volume

[Harrison Midkiff]

Hello:

I have a file server that has a compressed volume. I want to uncompress it
but I need to determine the actual uncompressed size. Is there a way to do
this?

Harrison Midkiff

 

[Dave Patrick]

Really depends on the file type. You probably got somewhere between 1.5x and
2x compression.


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[Harrison Midkiff]

Thanks for replying...

So I guess I will just have to estimate it? No real calculation...

Harrison Midkiff

Really depends on the file type. You probably got somewhere between 1.5x
and 2x compression.


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Hello:

I have a file server that has a compressed volume. I want to uncompress
it but I need to determine the actual uncompressed size. Is there a way
to do this?

Harrison Midkiff

 

[Dave Patrick]

Actually you can. A quick test revealed that you can look at
Folder|Properties|General

Size: is the uncompressed space
Size on disk: is the actual space

But plan on some overhead or freeboard to accomplish the decompression.


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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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