compressed drive content back to uncompressed drive

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DSG

I have backup files on a compressed drive (E:).
I want to refresh the operating system's uncompressed drive C: with these
files

Is this acceptable?
Do the compressed files remain compressed?
Or do they become uncompressed in the transfer?
Is there a down side?
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DSG said:
I have backup files on a compressed drive (E:).
I want to refresh the operating system's uncompressed drive C: with
these files

Is this acceptable?
Do the compressed files remain compressed?
Or do they become uncompressed in the transfer?
Is there a down side?
dsg
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If they were compressed with XP, they will uncompress as they come off the
disk. Whether they are compressed or not will depend on the setting of the
destination directory. If it's set for compression, they'll be compressed.
If not, they won't.

HTH

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