It appears that WinXp automatically compresses files that haven't been open
for a long time. Is there anyway I can prevent this from happening on an
external HD?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Bill

Bill

Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812248/en-us

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"Bill & Debbie" <billdeb@sccoast.net> wrote in message
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> It appears that WinXp automatically compresses files that haven't been
> open for a long time. Is there anyway I can prevent this from
> happening on an external HD?
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Bill
>

File compression only occurs IF you Run DiskCleanup AND allow it to
compress old files. You get to choose!

Bill & Debbie wrote:

> It appears that WinXp automatically compresses files that haven't been open
> for a long time. Is there anyway I can prevent this from happening on an
> external HD?
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Bill
>
>

Bob

It did not give a choice on my machine. See my post to this
thread, That solved the slow assessment of how much space
might be gained by running Disk CleanUp. My situation was by
no means unique.

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"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
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> File compression only occurs IF you Run DiskCleanup AND allow it to
> compress old files. You get to choose!
>
> Bill & Debbie wrote:
>
>> It appears that WinXp automatically compresses files that haven't
>> been open for a long time. Is there anyway I can prevent this from
>> happening on an external HD?
>> Thanks in advance for your help,
>> Bill
>

When I run DiskCleanup, I do not see any way to inhibit "compress old
files". Could you please be more specific.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Bill

"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
news:OIKOCmjHHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> File compression only occurs IF you Run DiskCleanup AND allow it to
> compress old files. You get to choose!
>
> Bill & Debbie wrote:
>
>> It appears that WinXp automatically compresses files that haven't been
>> open for a long time. Is there anyway I can prevent this from happening
>> on an external HD?
>> Thanks in advance for your help,
>> Bill
>

Bill

I had the same problem. Please see my two posts.

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"Bill & Debbie" <billdeb@sccoast.net> wrote in message
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> When I run DiskCleanup, I do not see any way to inhibit "compress old
> files". Could you please be more specific.
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Bill
>
> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> news:OIKOCmjHHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> File compression only occurs IF you Run DiskCleanup AND allow it to
>> compress old files. You get to choose!
>>
>> Bill & Debbie wrote:
>>
>>> It appears that WinXp automatically compresses files that haven't
>>> been open for a long time. Is there anyway I can prevent this from
>>> happening on an external HD?
>>> Thanks in advance for your help,
>>> Bill
>>
>
>

On a default install, I believe you will find a check box in the "Files
to Delete" area.

Bill & Debbie wrote:
> When I run DiskCleanup, I do not see any way to inhibit "compress old
> files". Could you please be more specific.
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Bill
>
> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> news:OIKOCmjHHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>>File compression only occurs IF you Run DiskCleanup AND allow it to
>>compress old files. You get to choose!
>>
>>Bill & Debbie wrote:
>>
>>
>>>It appears that WinXp automatically compresses files that haven't been
>>>open for a long time. Is there anyway I can prevent this from happening
>>>on an external HD?
>>>Thanks in advance for your help,
>>>Bill
>>
>
>

it isn't in the list of options to clean up? Mine is toward the bottom fo
the list...

George
"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
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> Bill
>
> I had the same problem. Please see my two posts.
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> "Bill & Debbie" <billdeb@sccoast.net> wrote in message
> news:%23vlK5nkHHHA.1008@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> When I run DiskCleanup, I do not see any way to inhibit "compress old
>> files". Could you please be more specific.
>> Thanks in advance for your help,
>> Bill
>>
>> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>> news:OIKOCmjHHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> File compression only occurs IF you Run DiskCleanup AND allow it to
>>> compress old files. You get to choose!
>>>
>>> Bill & Debbie wrote:
>>>
>>>> It appears that WinXp automatically compresses files that haven't been
>>>> open for a long time. Is there anyway I can prevent this from
>>>> happening on an external HD?
>>>> Thanks in advance for your help,
>>>> Bill
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Replied to [Bob I]s message :
> On a default install, I believe you will find a check box in the "Files
> to Delete" area.
>

AND on NTFS formatted drives only ...


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Replied to [Bob I]s message :
> On a default install, I believe you will find a check box in the "Files
> to Delete" area.
>

AND on NTFS formatted drives only ...


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