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Hi Guys (and other Gals),
I went to compress OLD files only on my (Media Center Edition 2005) PC and
when it was done it told me that some operating system files were replaced
with
older versions, did I really want to do this?
It asked me to insert the Windows CD, of course being a Dell PC - I didn't
have an OS CD, so I finally accepted the option to accept the replacement of
the files. I don't know why this error message came up!! The PC was NOT
connected to the internet and only thing ON the
PC is the OS! I rebooted the system & all seems ok so far.
Has anyone else ever had an error like this while compressing files??
And should I really be concerned about whatever files got replaced?
Anyway, just to undo the compression, in case that had something to do with
the error message, I tried all the following from a command prompt:
1.) compact /u /s:c:\windows
worked -- but only for files in main Windows directory!
2.) compact /u /s: c:\windows\*.*
I got the following err message ---- C:\Windows\*.*: file name,
directory name or vol label is incorrect.
3.) compact /u /s: c:\windows *.* Left out the backslash before *.*
worked -- but only for files in Windows directory!
4.) compact /u /s
Only worked for directory I was in!
How do I format the "compact" command to UNcompact all folders, subfolders,
and files on "C" without having to do each & every directory and subdirectory
individually??
I have looked up and read about the "compact" command and its' parameters
but can not get it to work on anything other than 1 directory at a time.
What am I missing in using the command??? Or does it NOT work that way,
which I find hard to believe?
Thanks as always!
CP
I went to compress OLD files only on my (Media Center Edition 2005) PC and
when it was done it told me that some operating system files were replaced
with
older versions, did I really want to do this?
It asked me to insert the Windows CD, of course being a Dell PC - I didn't
have an OS CD, so I finally accepted the option to accept the replacement of
the files. I don't know why this error message came up!! The PC was NOT
connected to the internet and only thing ON the
PC is the OS! I rebooted the system & all seems ok so far.
Has anyone else ever had an error like this while compressing files??
And should I really be concerned about whatever files got replaced?
Anyway, just to undo the compression, in case that had something to do with
the error message, I tried all the following from a command prompt:
1.) compact /u /s:c:\windows
worked -- but only for files in main Windows directory!
2.) compact /u /s: c:\windows\*.*
I got the following err message ---- C:\Windows\*.*: file name,
directory name or vol label is incorrect.
3.) compact /u /s: c:\windows *.* Left out the backslash before *.*
worked -- but only for files in Windows directory!
4.) compact /u /s
Only worked for directory I was in!
How do I format the "compact" command to UNcompact all folders, subfolders,
and files on "C" without having to do each & every directory and subdirectory
individually??
I have looked up and read about the "compact" command and its' parameters
but can not get it to work on anything other than 1 directory at a time.
What am I missing in using the command??? Or does it NOT work that way,
which I find hard to believe?
Thanks as always!
CP