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• What happens to your computer when you compress your old files when running disk clean

  What happens to clean your computer when you compress your old files when running disk?

  Why is it you would compress the files while running a cleaning disc?  http://www.help2go.com/Forum/computer-help/105414-compressing-old-files-disk-cleanup.html

• During a recent drive clean that I discovered I had 21745 KB of old files compressed - what are compressed old files?

  Original title: what are the old files Compresssed understand?

  During a recent drive clean that I discovered I had 21745 KB of old files compressed - what are compressed old files?

  AND is it OK to delete to free up disk space?

  Hi Janie,
  We need a bit more info here. What you saw and where (or how do you here). XP can compress old files when they were little used. These files must be stored somewhere, and I think that you have found where. Do not delete them. If you went on the cleaning disc in the properties of a hard disk, you see where you can disable this active or disabled, but turn it off takes more space because you don't compress these files more. It can take a long time to turn it off too much because the system must find every file, unzip it save it to the hard drive and do the following. If it runs out of disk space free of it, it will stop and make either but then your hard drive will be very close to full and your entire system will slow down (it takes a good amount of HD to 'play'.

  Looks like you need more disk space. Get another drive (expensive) or go to disk cleanup and try to compress the entire drive. It will take a lot of time, maybe hours or overnight depending on the working speed and the player. But it's free. Overnight is best. I think you can stop it (read the help on this). Do not turn It Off during the race. Bad move.

  Something not clear, go back and ask.

• restoration of old files after the clean installation of Vista Windows__

  How can I restore old files after you perform a clean installation of Windows Vista

  If you have an installation clean back to factory settings, you normally wiped your hard drive clean during the process.

  You can try this program:

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/get/Recuva.html

  Recuva is a file undeletion tool that allows you to analyze your hard drives or media cards for files that have been deleted or formatted. It presents you a list of files that have been found, as well as an assessment of their potential for recovery, a preview option, and a hex viewer to inspect the content. You can limit your search to files of a certain type (e.g. images, audio etc.) and choose between a quick and a thorough analysis approach. The program also includes a secure deletion option that allows you to permanently delete files that were found while parsing, to avoid any future recoveries.

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  Find a windows.old folder, because we don't know exactly how you have installed.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/933209

  How to recover files from an earlier version of Windows in Windows Vista

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  If none of the above solves your problem, try data recovery companies.

  Be warned: they are $$$

  See you soon. Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Is their a utillity built in Win program. 7 who can clean up old files and fix broken paths.

  Is their a utillity built in Win program. 7Pro, 64 bits that can clean up old files and fix broken paths.

  as far as I know is that windows sold out a 2 TB HDD for back ups in less then 2 months.

  Their is nothing wrong with my computer, just for maintenance.

  Hello

  Thanks for asking this question to Microsoft Community.

  I understand you want to get information on all the built-in options that would take care to clean out old files and the broken computer shortcuts. I'll help you find the right options.

  Windows 7 has these options for maintenance, namely disk cleanup, Disk Defragmenter. These options should help.

  Check out these links:

  Slow PC? Optimize your computer for peak performance

  http://www.Microsoft.com/athome/Setup/optimize.aspx#fBid=DBWRBkU74qm

  Important: all by performing the check disk on the hard disk, if bad sectors are detected and if it tries to repair this area, all available data on the risk of being lost.

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Also run the fixit from the link:

  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows

  For reference:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/optimize-Windows-7-for-better-performance

  In addition, you can use your search engine preferred for all third-party utility which will help recover additional space on the hard disk.

  Third party link WARNING: With the help of third-party software or a link, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the use of third party software or link can be resolved. Using third-party software or a link is at your own risk.

  Hope this information is helpful and let us know if you need more assistance. We will be happy to help.

• Cleaning disc utility compress old files

  When I run the disk cleanup utility, I get 2 729 332 in "Compress old files". I run what it quite frequently and it is still a very large size listed. Is this OK and can only be ignored or are there steps I can take to get rid of old files. I do not know how to find out what old files they reference, so I don't know if I need it or not. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

  The disk cleanup utility will prompt to compress files that you have not accessed recently. If you click on this entry and press the Options button, you should see a dialog box where you can set the number of days that must pass before a file compress is compressed. File compression is designed to save space on your hard drive. None of the files in this category will be deleted.

  File compression comes with a cost in performance. If you want to access one of these files must be decompressed before their opening. For this reason, unless you're in a hurry for hard drive space, it's an option you can leave unchecked.

  Another response of the community of Windows XP newsgroups

• Time machine and old files

  I run two external drives for Time Machine.

  An external HD to store the files got somehow deleted.  He had a lot of old customer files.

  Time Machine only allows me to look at the files around the age of 2 months.

  Is it possible to recover?

  Is there a way to keep old files?

  Taz - d wrote:

  I run two external drives for Time Machine.

  An external HD to store the files got somehow deleted.  He had a lot of old customer files.

  Time Machine only allows me to look at the files around the age of 2 months.

  Is it possible to recover?

  Is there a way to keep old files?

  Do you mean the file exist in Time Machine - or that they were on a non-time drive machine.

  Time machine is not for permanent backup of the files you want to delete from your hard drive - daily backups are consolidated/cleaned in weekly backups - so if you had a file in the middle of the week - then deleted before the end of the week - time machine will not it also on the weekend date, the file did not exist on the hard disk.

• What is the best method/app to remove the old files on a late 2009 iMac?

  Want to clean and remove some old files, on which some I don't even know.  What is the best method, and or the app? I have airport time capsule as back up.

  Look at and think are the best, there is no app that comes already to know your preferences.

• Windows.Old file

  I have reinstall my pc. I found out about windows.old file after. It occupies a lot of space (19 + GB). is it safe to delete them? or will it hurt on my reinstalled windows 7 HP Touchsmart 310? Thank you

  Hello:

  It is perfectly safe to delete, but check once more that you can keep all the files.

  You can easily get rid of the windows.old file (once check you it again once you may have forgotten to back up all the files), by launching the disk cleanup utility and click the button files system at the bottom left of the window cleaning disc cleaning.

  When it's done to calculate, you will see the folder windows.old in the list of files - you can remove. Check that and it will be gone.

  Then run disk defragment tool to compact disc because there is a huge 'hole' where was the windows.old folder.

• "Compress old files" not reset not in Windows XP

  After running Disk Cleanup with "Compress old files" checked, it shows still 79K. I rebooted and represented the disk cleanup, but still the 79K.

  Why the amount has not been reset to 0K?

  What would you choose to compress old files?

  Do you know what he does, how he does, why he does it and what are the consequences?  Most of the people do not - they choose just because it "sounds" like the right thing to do or it "could be" a good idea.

  A popular complaint from users is when they choose that option, their system seems to stop, maybe for hours while XP trying to understand what are the "old files" and what to do about them.  How do you know what is an "old file" and what happens if XP think files are old, but they are not old to you?

  The files more that you have on your system as much time it take and he can just stuck forever and never end up (or you might get tired of waiting).  If you have 1 million files on your system you can wait very long for cleaning disc finish or it can never end.

  And - if Windows find files to compress and that part works, and something you do on your system later needs these compressed files, they have to be unzipped before they can be used.  This will make your system run slower (while you wonder why it is and what to do about this).

  Here are some ideas to consider involving all withdrawal that disk cleanup option - then your disk cleanup will run in a Flash:

  Disk Cleanup runs slowly, the most likely reason seems to interrupt or uses excessive CPU is usually due to the option compress old files.

  Compress old files comes from the good old days, when hard drives were weak and slow, and he had to each byte, you can get on your hard drive for programs and things.  Today, thanks to modern technology, it is almost superfluous.

  Compress old files is supposed to compress the files "have not accessed for a long time" I never found someone who can explain what "were not consulted for a while" means.  What is 'a bit' to XP?  A week, a month, a year, 5 years, is it and how can we change it if you wanted to?

  If you want your clean disc to run faster, I would just remove the option compress old XP disk cleanup files since it is known to crash or give the illusion of being hanged.  If you have 1 million files on your system (or even a few hundred thousand), you wait very long when you run disk cleanup your system may appear to be hung (and maybe it is).

  I really don't think that with the technology available today that compress old files is necessary.  It would also slow down if XP needs unzip a file.  Besides, nobody seems to be able to tell me at what age an old file is in the XP terminology... what was simply a file become old?

  To get the best performance, I just remove this 'feature' and never see him again, and then disk cleanup runs in a Flash because it didn't get old files to compress (some old way).

  That adjustment will reduce considerably this time it will take your disk cleanup to run (I mean a lot).

  It is a 'problem' for some systems that Microsoft has done an article on how to disable it (mine is disabled).

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/812248

• Remove key registry Compress old files clears ability to drive cleanup to compress old files?

  Original title: compress old files registry key?

  I have a question.  By removing the key from registry Compress old files, I erase the disk cleaning ability to compress old files?

  These days, when hard drives are faster and space is less expensive than the good old days, it doesn't make too much sense to compress old files more.

  If you leave the option is enabled and that you have 1 million files on your system, your disk cleanup will take a long time or stuck forever and nobody seems to know just what is the definition of an old file (how old is old?).

  And if XP decided to compress critical system (for example, NTLDR) files, you will not start again in any mode until you uncompress the file (how are you going to do if your system will not start?).

  And if XP compresses these old files and unzip them to use them, that will slow you down even more.

  If you have already removed the key as this article suggests, I would leave it like that and your disk cleanup is going to be zoomine.

• My Vista crashed and I've switched back to XP. Now I have 1mil more old files compressed that I can't get rid of and it slows down the computer. How can I get rid of these files

  My Vista crashed and I've switched back to XP. Now I have 1mil more old files compressed that I can't get rid of and it slows down the computer. How can I get rid of these files.

  Hello

  1 are. what type of files?
  2. when they are stored?

  3. What is the size of these compressed files?

  Try to perform the clean boot on the computer and check if that helps.

  Reference:
  How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" State
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353

  See the bottom of the articles that might help you resolve this problem.
  How to make a computer faster: 6 ways to speed up your PC
  http://www.Microsoft.com/atwork/maintenance/speed.aspx
  Slow PC? Optimize your computer for peak performance
  http://www.Microsoft.com/athome/Setup/optimize.aspx

• When running Disk Cleanup, it does not remove anything to "Compress Old Files'.

  When I run my disk cleanup, it does not remove anything to "Compress Old Files' during cleaning.» Why not? I also need more disk space to defragment and I deleted all the programs that I don't use, but is not yet give me enough disk space.

  Compress old files not removes all files, compress files that are rarely or seldom used.

  If you get the low disk space, less than 15-20% free space, then you need to collect as much space as possible. However, the amount you get will not be a solution, only a temporary fix - it that.

  To add or remove programs and Windows components in Control Panel, you can uninstall programs as your plue no use - if you have. Not to be far uninstalling programs, you do not recognize, many elements are required for other programs work properly.

  Uninstall or change a program
   http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/uninstall-or-change-a-program

  You can also check to see how much space is reserved for the restoration of the system; by default, many GBs are usually reserved. Also disable hibernation as the file created can be 2-3 GB, sometimes even more.

  You must also consider moving your files and folders on a removable media, such as DVDs or an external hard drive. Still a great flash drive with 4 + GB of space can help, and their prices are reasonable these days.

  In addition to Disk Cleaner, you can consider running CCleaner. This is a free program that will remove the unnecessary and temporary files temporary Internet files of the most popular and many browsers other caches that can be cleaned safely.

  Since you are using Windows XP, there is a setting in CCleaner to remove the uninstallers of patches; These are the Windows Update files you've downloaded and installed over time and are there if you ever want to uninstall the update. But you can save these CD/DVD and then remove them safely from your system to recover the space. If you have ever removed one of these, you may be able to get beyond 1 GB of space.

  CCleaner
   http://www.Piriform.com/CCleaner

  If you decide to try it, by default, that almost everything in Windows Applications and is verified to be cleaned. You must first review the lists (they are compiled by what you have installed) and check/uncheck accordingly.

  Then click on analyze to see what will be removed (nothing is deleted when you click Analyze); When the scan is finished you can double-click on (or right click and select view detailed results) of the entries in the list to get more information.

  According to the detailed results, you can right click for options such as adding to the list of exclusions if you want the deleted item.

  Once that you are completely comfortable with your selections, you can click the run Cleaner button and then OK to put warn before vacuuming will run.

  CCleaner is also a registry cleaner that I don't recommend that you use - even if you have successfully run a registry cleaner in the past, it is quite possible that the next time will bring serious problems; they are not worth the risk...

  TechRepublic has just published this article about CCleaner:
  5 tips for using Ccleaner for degunk your system

  http://www.TechRepublic.com/blog/five-tips/five-tips-for-using-CCleaner-to-degunk-your-system/767?tag=nl.E101

  CNET editor's review:

  http://download.CNET.com/CCleaner/

  I know that this was not the miracle that you can have hoped, but personally recommended solution is a new, larger hard drive. In the case of desktop computers, an additional hard disk is useful for your personal files, especially for music, movies, photos and more.

  I hope this helps.

• Try to recover Windows.old files for Microsoft Office applications

  I did a reinstall of Vista on my Dell laptop.  Previously, I did a clean install on XP to upgrade to Vista on a Dell Inspiron E1705.  Of course the Windows.old is still there on my C: / drive. I want to use my Office12 MS of the .old file; because I lost my installation disc.  I tried to copy the file on the desktop, on the advice of another Q & A forum.  It will not always open files.  What does the error "operating system is not currently configured to run this application" mean?

  Hello

  You can not copy programs from the windows.old folder

  It is only to recover data from

  You must reinstall the programs from the original media

  How to restore your personal files after you perform a custom Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

  How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

• Cannot reinstall Windows Vista because the Windows.old file is corrupted.

  I hope someone can help! I'm about to pull out my hair! :)

  I have a laptop Dell Inspiron 1720, under Windows Vista Home Premium, with 3 GB of ram. SP2

  I had problems with error messages

  Here are some of the messages I was getting.

  "Dell Quickset has stopped working"

  "Windows Management Instrumentation has stopped working"

  "The user profile service has stopped working".

  "Windows Update has stopped working"

  There were a couple more but I do not remember. They are all gave me the ability to check online for a solution I have chosen and the message would go for a while, but not forever.

  I'm tired of dealing with him, so I used my Dell disk to reinstall Vista. I did not choose the repair option first. I chose to do a clean install. When I got to the last step where it says "Complete the Installation", it gave me an error message telling me that the "Windows.old" file is corrupted. I do not have wright the rest of the information down, but he told me to run the check disk utility. (I think it has been shown as chkdsk). I clicked 'OK' and the screen went black and stayed like that for an hour. I turned off the computer and repeat all the steps but always goes to the black screen and stops. I tried to use the fix and it found a problem immediately and that fixed it, but after reboot, same thing. Yesterday I ran again the repair option, and it still works today. All night and nothing. She is still ongoing as I type this message. My question is how to run disk utility to check without an operating system installed? Use the "Diagnostic" option when I boot the disk from Dell? Any ideas on how I can get reinstalled Vista?

  Boot from the Dell cd and run diagnostics