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NTFS Problem

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/ntfs-problem.86752/

Beta Waves
Beta Waves Original post #1
May 1, 2008 at 5:56 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
Garbage #2
May 1, 2008 at 6:08 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
Beta Waves #3
May 1, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Ya i know how to enable compression ... I asked is it ok to enable on a system partition ....
Faun
Faun #4
May 1, 2008 at 6:17 PM
yeah, a minor performance hit, thats all u gonna bear
Garbage
Garbage #5
May 1, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Beta Waves said:
Ya i know how to enable compression ... I asked is it ok to enable on a system partition ....
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AFAIK, you shldn't have any problems enabling compression on System Partitions.
Beta Waves
Beta Waves #6
May 3, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Bizzare thing happened after i compressed my windows XP partition .... Instead of Used space decreasing it actually increased by 1.5GB !!!!:confused: :confused:

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
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gcbeldar #7
May 3, 2008 at 5:37 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
Beta Waves #8
May 3, 2008 at 5:40 PM
gcbeldar said:
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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1.Dont hijack others thread....
2.Post something if you have anything related to the thread topic
G
gcbeldar #9
May 5, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Beta Waves said:
1.Dont hijack others thread....
2.Post something if you have anything related to the thread topic
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Sorry,
I made it here, so that it will useful to many.
Beta Waves
Beta Waves #10
May 6, 2008 at 3:10 AM
gcbeldar said:
Sorry,
I made it here, so that it will useful to many.
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Its ok i am sorry to ... i was rude ....:D ... anyway with NTFS partition you can do everything you mentioned ......