Compressing Files

[art3_]

I hope this message is in the right place

As a social user of computers , Ive always considered " registry " as hallowed ground , a taboo place . I want to ease my self into registry discussions slowly by asking pretty basic questions to start and then gradually progress to the more difficult ones . A lot of the threads seem to be written and answered by guys with a lot of IT background so could you try and answer any queries in lay mans language

First Question - Compressed Files ? - to compress or not to compress ? can compressing files work against you in regarding to registry cleaning ?

A bit long winded , but i hope to get a reply or two

Art3

[haapy]

Compressing files is only necessary if you are close to running out of hard disk space.

You should have at least 15% free space available.

Compression will work against you performance wise.

With an uncompressed file, you read and write.

With a compressed file you uncompress, read, compress write.

That will slow your PC down, especially if you have compressed system files.

[art3_]

Hi haapy

Thanks for replying to my query - if I have compressed files , how would i go about uncompressng them ? when I was installing Registry Mechanic I was ticking boxes that In some cases I was a bit unsure off and I could have compressed some

One last word on them - are compressed files cleaned or removed when Registry Mechanic does it scanning

Thanks for your help on this - I appreciate it

Art3

[haapy]

You can compress individual files by right clicking them, click advanced, uncheck compress contents, click OK.

If you want to uncompress your entire C: drive,

Click Start, run, cmd, enter

type C: and enter

type CD\ and enter

Make sure that you are at the C: root, not some subdir

type compact.exe /s /u /i and enter

wait... this may take awhile

exit the cmd prompt when done