Drives are real cheap...and cost less than your time. Last I checked you
could get a 500 GB drive online for $100 at lots of places.

-John O



"mcp6453" <mcp6453******.com> wrote in message
news:uALtHghgIHA.4536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>A previous user of a computer with XP Home checked "Compress drive to save
>disk space" on a data drive. The drive is 300GB, and it has 275GB of
>compressed data. What happens if I uncheck the selection? Will the
>compressed files be expanded back to their normal size? How much space has
>to be available on the drive to make this happen? What happens if not
>enough space is available?