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07-02-2004, 09:47 AM
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Lose The Compression
Another e-mailed tip from ZDNET
On an NTFS partition, Disk Cleanup can compress old files to save space. But calculating the savings and performing the compression often take a long time, and on some systems, Disk Cleanup hangs during the process. If that happens, or if you don't care to wait, use this Registry tweak to disable the compression: Delete the key HKEY_ LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress Old Files. I myself would export this reg key incase you want this function back |
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07-02-2004, 04:46 PM
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Excellent advice! When cleaning up my hdd's in Win2k I always wondered why it took so long. Glad to finally see a workaround.
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07-04-2004, 02:49 PM
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Thanks BUT.... I wish I could say it was my idea, it's from ZDnet
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07-04-2004, 05:02 PM
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Hey, credit to them for publishing it and credit to you for posting! Thanx for the tip!
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07-04-2004, 09:21 PM
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i have this problem on my w2k also, had no clue as to why, thanks. Wonder why xp doesn't have the same problem?
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07-04-2004, 11:45 PM
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Just tried it out. It really speeds things up.
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07-05-2004, 01:17 PM
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Yep, it worked like a charm
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07-11-2004, 03:42 PM
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Has anyone had any problems with removing this compression funtion ?
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07-11-2004, 03:57 PM
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Does the compression help you some how that they put that feature in there? Or not?
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07-11-2004, 05:55 PM
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The only reason it's in there is to save you some space. I don't compress anything on my working drives but I use 100% manual compression on my backup drive. I also don't use the automatic disk cleanup - I do that manually too.
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07-11-2004, 09:09 PM
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I see...I'm not quite sure I understand this whole compression thing though....
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10-11-2004, 04:24 PM
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Just thought I,d bump this post up incase someone missed it
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10-11-2004, 04:28 PM
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Boy Iv posted about I think 3 to 5 messages in the past 3 days and my over all post stays at 401
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10-11-2004, 05:23 PM
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Posts don't count in general discussion.
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10-11-2004, 06:56 PM
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Thanks I didnt know that
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