Re: XP Disk Compression

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From: Trevor Best
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 10:28

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Anthony R. Gold wrote:
> My notebook is running low on disk storage and, because of the disk type,
> a simple change to a larger size is not an attractive option.  Would
> anyone give me their opinion on enabling drive compression?  Does that
> affect speed or reliability (or anything else)?  And how much space (%)
> might that add?

No problems that I know of, I use it a lot for certain folders. The 
process is easily reversable too.

Compression wise, it depends on the files, many multimedia file types 
are already compressed so no gain there.

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