NTFS Problem

Beta Waves · 01-05-2008, 05:56 PM

Hi all , I have 5 partitions in my hard disk . All of them are formatted in NTFS .... I have installed XP Professional and Vista Ultimate on two partitions ..... Except these two partitions Compression is enabled on all the other partitions .... Now i want to enable compression on these two volumes also ..... Is it ok if i do it on system partition ... will i have any problems ???

Garbage · 01-05-2008, 06:08 PM

To enable compression on a partition....

Right click on that partition's icon from my computer.
In General Tab, check the box "Compress this Drive to save Disk Space".
(It's below graphical representation of partitions used / free space)

Beta Waves · 01-05-2008, 06:12 PM

Ya i know how to enable compression ... I asked is it ok to enable on a system partition ....

Faun · 01-05-2008, 06:17 PM

yeah, a minor performance hit, thats all u gonna bear

Garbage · 01-05-2008, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beta Waves

Ya i know how to enable compression ... I asked is it ok to enable on a system partition ....

AFAIK, you shldn't have any problems enabling compression on System Partitions.

Beta Waves · 03-05-2008, 05:25 PM

Bizzare thing happened after i compressed my windows XP partition .... Instead of Used space decreasing it actually increased by 1.5GB !!!!

Then after a reboot it became 1.5GB lesser than my first Used space value ... Now its compressed ....

i have observed one more thing if you compress a software or a game folder .... The reduction is very large ... But it is not that much for audio vedio files .... It is hardly any compression at all

gcbeldar · 03-05-2008, 05:37 PM

Hey I want to New problem over period of time;
1. If virus infected, is it easy to solve.
2. OS failed (eg. Boot sector problem etc)
3. is backup use ghost etc can be used.

Beta Waves · 03-05-2008, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gcbeldar

Hey I want to New problem over period of time;
1. If virus infected, is it easy to solve.
2. OS failed (eg. Boot sector problem etc)
3. is backup use ghost etc can be used.

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