Little bit of advice here please...compressing c:.

[Guest]

is it a good idea/recommended to compress your hard drive i mean(you know c: second mouse button, properties, optioncompress drive to save disk space)).

does it really compress? does it really help? any thoughts/ideas?

thanks all.

PS:is it a good idea thou?

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[TCEBob]

Given the size of hard drives these days, it's not recommended to compress them.
Unless your boss in U.N.C.L.E. and you have the entire Index to Everything on
your laptop. The only ways to fill up a 40 gig drive are a) never remove an old
file and b) download movies. Compression will not do anything for media files;
they are already compressed. I dunno about viewing a movie out of a compressed
disk. The decompression takes time.

According to the laws of thermodynamics no process is 100% efficient. Fiddling
with the bits going in and then out of compression is begging for trouble IMO.

rs

 

[Guest]

why is it not recommended on big hard drive???
well i have a small drive, so???
is there any problem or secondary result for compression?
whats index, wha d you mean?
thanks.

 

[TCEBob]

Not recommended on a big drive for the reasons already stated: Most folks find
filling a 40-gig drive to be a challenge; compressing increases your chances of
error as the data gets processed in and out; compressing will also slow
performance on media and games.

How small is it?

If you are running out of space 1. clean out any backup files, internet history,
the trash bin if it's real full. There are utilities available to help. 2. Make
a compressed partition (you will need Partition Magic or similar) and keep data
on it but leave executable programs on the original C: drive. or

3: If you can possibly swing it go out and buy a big drive. They are relatively
inexpensive. Then get the vendor or your local computer shop to transfer the
whole works from old to new. You can keep the old disk as Drive D: and compress
it, too.

rs

 

[Kenny S]

Your computer will run slower if you compress your drive.
If someone has a big drive there is no real reason to do it.
You should only do it if you have a fast proccesor and a small drive.
ANd even then you should not compress all the files, but select some of the
files and folders to be compressed. For example you can compress the my
documents folder, or other folders that you store data.

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[Alex Nichol]

is it a good idea/recommended to compress your hard drive i mean(you know c: second mouse button, properties, optioncompress drive to save disk space)).

does it really compress? does it really help? any thoughts/ideas?

Do not try to compress a whole drive, and especially not C where you
might very well compress files needed in initial boot, before the
decompression becomes available.

There are a few folders that repay it: in Windows the ServicePackFIles
folder and System32\dllcache will save quite a bit and are rarely used.
General Documents would probably repay; folders of MP3 music, JPG
pictures and of video most certainly won't - such files are already
compressed to the limit

 

[Plato]

is it a good idea/recommended to compress your hard drive i mean(you know c: second

NO.