On 05/09/12 12:25, Kurt Wendt wrote:
> I went into Properties& then Disk Tools - to try and get some space
> back. Under the Disk Cleanup - its gives an option to "Compress Old
> Files" - and its showing a pretty big number. I'm assuming that its old
> files that it knows I have not Touched in quite a while. Am I assuming
> correctly? And, if it compresses them - does that mean if I try to use
> the files - it will decompress them on the Fly?
>
> Also - in the Properties window - there is another check box to
> "Compress drive to save disk space". Should I try using that???
Yes, if you compress files, when you go to use them they will decompress
on the fly.
> In the past - I never ran EITHER of these options. I assumed that when I
> do - it compresses files - then decompresses them on the fly when one
> tries to access the files. However, I always try to operate that PC at
> top speed - since I am doing graphics work on it - and graphics
> processing always takes a lot of horsepower. As such - I never trusted
> using EITHER of those options.
Compression does very little good on graphics files. For text files
(including DBF's) you can generally save more than half, but binary
files (.exe and graphics) you save very little if any.
> Any thoughts???
Yes. Forget about compression, and attack the problem on two fronts:
First, find stuff on C: to clear out or move to another partition.
Get a tool like TreeSize (free) to see which directories are the
biggest. \User\<yourname>\Appdata\Roaming is often a big hog. Also,
move the Swapfile to another partion or (better) to another drive.
In your Environment, re-define %temp% to a different drive/partition.
In your graphics editor, check Options and see where they put temp
files. It's probably in C:\Users\somewhere. Move it.
Second, go to Disk Management and expand the C: partition. The
Windows7 tools are quite adequate for this. Oh yes, do this right after
you have installed a bigger drive! <g>
Dan
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