JohnO wrote:
> 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.
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> -John O
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> "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?
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Thanks to everyone for the responses. In fact, I have a spare 500 GB
drive right here, but my question really is, how much space do I need to
have on the drive before I uncompress it?

I guess the safest thing to do is to copy all of the drive contents to a
new drive and then uncompress the few files that are left on the drive.
I'll try to remember to let you know how it goes.