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Old 12-20-2006, 03:47 AM   #1
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Disk Cleanup Problem

When i run disk cleanup i am left with this, any ideas why it does not compress these? Also the remove all but last restore point is not working, i dont know if this is to do with the same problem.Attachment 6495

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Old 12-20-2006, 05:22 AM   #2
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It can take a longgggggg time for the compress to finish.
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Yes it took ages to run and i was still left with that amount.
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Old 12-20-2006, 06:50 AM   #4
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I do not advise that you even let it compress old files. Hard drives are plenty cheap these days.
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