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September 14th, 2003
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Compressed Files???
Hey everybody
Windows XP compressed some of my old files after I chose the Disk Cleanup. Now, the compressed files are colored Blue. I wanted to know, If I burn them now on CD for Backup, will they work on ANY computer? Or are they suitable for only some versions of Windows? Is there a way to Un-Compress them? Please help.. :confused: |
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September 14th, 2003
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They will only stay compressed when on an NTFS formatted drive. Burning them to a CD or moving them to any local non-NTFS volume will decompress them.
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To uncompress the files either use the compact /u command from a command window. You can use wildcards there (compact /u *.*).
Or select one or several files then right click > properties > attributes - advanced > uncheck "compress contents to save disc space". Copying (not moving) the file to another location also removes the compression. |
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