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• Under disk cleanup, there is an option to compress old files

  Under disk cleanup, there is an option to compress old files.  Office folklore says that problems come from compressing the files.  Mythology like that change slowly and often does not upward with the reality.  What is the current conventional wisdom on all dangers associated with compressing files?

  Personally, I don't compress files and probably never - if necessary, I'll just get a bigger hard drive (or another hard drive or an external hard drive).  As long as compress you only the correct files (not your files start or something like that), I guess it is quite - safe, but they take longer to open - not much, but some and depends on the size (they need to decompress) practice is always a risk, when something like this as a form of bribery occurs (which is us back to the old mythology (, but the risk is generally considered a minimum and I do not want to exaggerate - but there are).

  Opinions vary among experts and you'll get to the other end of the spectrum.  Some will tell you it is perfectly safe and a good way to save space on your hard drive.  Others take a middle path, and say that they are not positive, but think it's safe, but acknowledge that there are exceptions.  You can see some reactions like the one posted here.  As I said, I personally willnever do (with the exception of some files can I compress for e-mail or because he is great and I expect never to need again, or for other reasons - but they would have been individually selected and completed for a purpose {and using a different program]).  I mean I would never use the option of the files old drive generic cleanup compress to do a little overall with no individual selection (and when I do it with an individual file, it is rare - I probably didn't do so in more than a month - and to be perfectly honest, when I compress a file to send by e-mail I have everything first make a copy and compress the copy and keep the original uncompressed).  I have also seen here situations where people have compressed their files to start with virtually everything else, and this caused them a lot of grief - this isn't an easy repair process and the system does not boot with compressed files (I don't know how they did it-I just saw the messages, but no unread discussions - but if there is no chance that the compression of disk cleanup) been involved (and I'm not, but I did not read how it happened and so I guess it's possible), then it's just another reason for me to stay away).  As you probably now, I don't really have confidence the process (maybe I still have some as old folklore Office in me as I've been around when firstly, he came out and got all these problems) and would rather spend the money on a large or second hard drive what to compress my old files.  I prefer not to take any chance that I don't have in my data which are valuable for me.

  The process is availalble and is generally considered reasonably safe when used properly - but not a lot of experts I know do.  It is MUCH safer than when it came out.  When suggest us ways to save space on the drives for those who have little space and do not want to upgrade or get a new one, it is rare to see someone suggest compression as one of the options (I never do).  We suggest many other alternatives, but I never see this option underlined or specifically suggested (although it may be included as an option in the process we propose you like disk cleanup - and I don't specifically discourage its use is if you heard what I'd say if specifically requested).

  In the end, the decision is yours.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

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• Can I see the names of files on the Server 2003 disk cleanup option to compress old files

  What happens to get the Tablet? Is there a risk?

  Hello

  Your question of Windows is more complex than what is generally answered in the Microsoft Answers forums. It is better suited for the public on the TechNet site. Please post your question in the below link: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsserver

  You can also check: using the Disk Cleanup tab: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783716 (WS.10) .aspx

• I rectify deleted windows. Old files with disk cleanup, but its not to do so.

  Hi I installed windows on my drive and found a folder windows.old, user, program files, I correct remove them with cleaning disc but its not to do.

  first of all it is safe to delete the program files folder and the users folder

  Jack,

  Please remain in the Thread for your problem where I was and advise you.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-system/resetting-to-factory-default/a5e205a0-B809-4172-9110-8e6c2701fad4

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  "How to remove the Windows.old folder in Vista"

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/240390-Windows-old-folder-delete.html

  In disk cleanup, you check "Previous Installations of Windows" to delete windows.old folder.

  4 check the previous Windows installations , and click OK.

  See you soon.

• 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.

• Disk space free (compress old files) does not change after you run Disk Cleanup.

  Original title: win. XP disk cleanup

  Win. XP: Free Disk Space (compress old files) does not change after you run Disk Cleanup.  Confused.

  Thank you. VC

  Compress your files, your computer will slow down a lot. I recommend that you don't try this.

• When I use disk cleanup, he says that he does "compress old files". I don't want to compress, I want to get rid of them. How? Thanks for the help.

  How to get rid of "compess old files?

  You can remove the handler to "Compress old files" through the registry. For more information and to use the Fix - It (of Microsoft) tool, check the following URL:

  The disk cleanup tool hangs while it is compressing old files on a Windows XP computer:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/812248
  Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]

• "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.

• 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

• 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.

• How to compress old files

  Does anyone know the procedure to compress old files (I partitioned my hard drive in drive c and drive d (FAT32)

  If it makes a difference!

  You can use the compressed (zipped) Folders feature offered by Windows XP: read the article at the following web address

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/306531/en-us

  If your drive is formatted with the NTFS file system, you can use NTFS file Compression, which is quite different from compressing files with compressed (zipped) folders.
  Learn more about compressing NTFS files at the following web address

  http://www.Microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/proddocs/en-us/vz_ovrvw.mspx?mfr=true

  Good bye.

• Cannot delete unused or temporary Internet files Program files with "Disk Cleanup".

  1. impossible to delete unused or temporary Internet files Program files with "Disk Cleanup".

  2 cannot run Word Office 97. Tried to delete it and then put it back, twice

  3 cannot run "restore." When I do, he wants to restore my AUDIO files!  I tried restoring the system through the optimization of PC

  4. having reinstalled Windows XP twice, with the same results

  Select Start, all programs, accessories, System Tools, cleaning disk to emptying your trash, delete temporary Internet files and other selected options. I recommend also you click Other Options, System Restore and delete all but the last system restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.

  Using the system restore option is most appropriate when your system is slow and you need to increase the free disk space on your C partition. If you have errors that could be solved by using the system restore to your system settings back to before the error occurred initially do not use this option.

  If more than one person uses the computer and they have their own user log you need to run Disk Cleanup in each user profile that you want to delete all the unwanted files.

  A better program of disk cleanup is cCleaner. Delete System Restore points may be important if you have little free disk space. The ability to delete them is one of the tools options. You can selectively remove those created in less important moments.

  cCleaner comes with a registry tool. Do not use this tool as any registry cleaner could lead to the creation of very difficult to resolve system errors.

  http://www.CCleaner.com/download

  Office 97. You do not delete the programs. You uninstall using the installation, accessed by selecting Start, Control Panel, add / remove programs.

• Have I done something catastrophic after deleting permanently files using disk cleanup in Windows 8?

  * Original title: disk cleanup, Windows 8

  With "Disk Cleanup" on my old XP you first identified what was not necessary, then clicked on OK and then click YES if you want to "perform these actions."

  We recently bought a new computer with Windows 8.

  Disk Cleanup is anything but after 'OK', you will be asked if you want to "permanently delete these files. Without thinking, it's that I did.

  Now I'm in a panic. I remember only one of these files... ». Windows Defender' but there is others.   I did something catastrophic?

  I'm 77. It's my wife's PC. I will reach 80?

  '

  Hello

  Please do not panic. There are slight changes in Windows 8 compared to Windows XP.

  Disk Cleanup to reduce the number of unnecessary files on your drives, which can help your PC run faster. It can remove temporary files and system files, empty the trash and remove a variety of other items that you might need is no longer.

  For more information, see the link.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-CA/Windows/delete-files-using-disk-cleanup#delete-files-using-disk-cleanup=Windows-8

  Hope this information helps. If you have any other questions, please let us know.

• How can I clean my compressed old files hard drive. To restore again like new

  I would like to restore my drive hard so that I can have more space. My old compressed files is so great, I get a message of low disk space.

  Hi JillMuller,

  You can use Disk Cleanup to remove the old compress files on the computer or compress files more disk space.

  Description of the tool in Windows XP disk cleanup

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310312

  How to automate the disk cleanup tool in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315246