newb question again

[Anon_me]

If I do the disk cleanup and clear the compressed old files. Is that bad? Thanks

 

[PT]

Disk cleanup, No that's not bad.

What do you mean by compressed old files? maybe bad, maybe not.

 

[Justintime]

you could compress old files, might slow down the system if it needs to access them though, not 100% versed on the procedure, i always uncheck it.

 

[greenfreak]

I compressed some files a while back, in the very beginning, and it was a nightmare. I'm not saying you shouldn't do it, I'm just saying I had a problem with it and accessing files afterwards, errors, etc.

 

[Justintime]

Yup, figured it'd come back to bite me in the ass, so i stayed away from it, got enough hdd space to play with (nose in air)

 

[sbcanada]

80GB on this computer and 40GB on my other... I'm all set and have never used disk cleanup.

 

[Professur]

Compression is bad, M'kay?

 

[Justintime]

80GB on this computer and 40GB on my other... I'm all set and have never used disk cleanup.

small potatoes, 2 80Gb 1 60GB and 1 200GB on this alone

 

[Professur]

And probably fast approaching the 70% rule too.

 

[Justintime]

got less than a 126Gb free for sure

 

[sbcanada]

I bet I have a larger disk space ratio for what I do with my computer than you do.

I have 120GB total and all I do is play a few different games, listen to music and use chat software and a browser. I bet you do all sorts of stuff that requires massive amounts of disk space...

 

[Altron]

Damn Justintime...
Do you need all that porn?

 

[Jon]

you'd be amazed how much you'd miss a girlfriend if she wasn't there...






















not that i'm saying you've not had a girlfriend though...

 

[Anon_me]

Btw, I didn't compress any files, I think it did it automatically. Is there a way for me to uncompress them or uncheck any further compression?

 

[Jon]

what OS are you using?

 

[Anon_me]

Win xp Home

 

[fury]

While you only have Windows open (no programs... and if possible close anything you installed running in the background, like systray items or Norton), select all files in your C: drive (in Explorer), right click, go to Properties, uncheck "Compress this folder to save disk space". It will ask whether you want to apply it to just the folder or to the folder and subfolders and files. Do it to all subfolders and files. May take a few years to complete, and some files may not be uncompressed due to them being in use by Windows, but you'll generally have faster access to them.

 

[Jon]

sorry to take so long to reply but... yeah... ^^^what he said^^^