Comments on: Make Disk Cleanup Compress Older(or Newer) Files on XP

By: leroy

leroy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:45:56 +0000

i am seeing two hard drives C: and I:drive MY c:drive has lots of memory but everytime i down load it access i:drive and fills it up ,HOw can i access c:drive first and not I:drive

By: sri

sri — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:34:25 +0000

hi
i tried cleaning the old compressed files…first it said some important windows xp files have been replaced with unrecognised files do u still want to continue..and i did continue… again i tried disk clean up for old compressed files now everything is cleaned up…. but my comp just works the same i am not facing any trouble because it said.windows xp files have been replaced with unrecognised files do u still want to continue…infact its working a bit faster than before.. any suggestions

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:16:15 +0000

Hi.
I am having a similar problem. When I do run disk cleanup, it says I can compress 185,400K by compressing old files. When I run the cleanup, none of the files are compressed. That number remains the same immediatly after. I am low on disk space in drive C so it would help to compress those files. Nothing I do seems to help it.

By: ISMEL GONZALEZ

ISMEL GONZALEZ — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:42:44 +0000

Hi I have a computer that I am trying to fix for my mom. I bought about 6 years ago. It has windows xp with a celeron processor. No matter how many times I try to delete the old compressed file they do not erase at all.I was wondering if there is programs that could help me out or is the hard drive too old and need a new one.

By: Wamter Temmerman

Wamter Temmerman — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:01:38 +0000

I saw a lot of questions about compressed files – (I have several files that I no longer can use)
I saw one good answer
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Peter said:
You *can* uncompress all your compressed files. Open a command prompt, go to the root of the hard disk, and type -> compact /u /s /a /q /i
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-1- I checked it with “help” on the command promt: He is right.
-2- i did it => it works great. No more “c attribute” related problems.
p.s.: You need some patience, the program has to check ALL your files. AND obviously you need enogh free space on the drive.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:17:28 +0000

i need some help i’m trying to delete compressed files and i’m noticing that even when i check off the compressed files box on disk clean up it won’t slean it. i keep activating disk cleanup but still the file size under compressed files stays the same. what should i do?

By: Computer Guy

Computer Guy — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:40:34 +0000

Oh and for space problems, just buy a new hard drive, they are cheap. Don’t mess around to much with your computer unless you are ready to face the consequences. try to avoid compression command in future. You may possible face a performance hit on your computer when it has to try to open files by uncompressing the file first, that have been previously compressed. Just more strain on you computers processing power.

By: Computer Guy

Computer Guy — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:33:10 +0000

first 2 things make sure under “system properties>Hardware Tab>device manager>IDE ATA controllers>Primary IDE Channel” is not set to Pio mode under current transfer mode. If it is uninstall device restart & your computer will automatically reinstall the device. You want Ultra DMA mode 5 or something similar, just not Pio. 2nd try Bart PE to run uncompress command from custom boot CD created with Bart PE. Safe mode still uses some system 32 files & cannot uncompress them so they stay compressed. On a different note, does any one know of any good Bart PE plugins that help people to access their C Drive? Please only speak from actual experience. Thanks.

By: Edmond

Edmond — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:21:59 +0000

It would be helpful to locate these compressed files and review if they should be deleted or continued to be saved on disc. Could you please advise if these files can be located and where to search for them on the PC’s hard drive.
Thanks

By: dennis

dennis — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:56:07 +0000

I want to know if deleting “compress old files” from the registry increase your system’s performance again after you previously compressed your drive?