How to compress drive to save disk space
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One of the problems that we PC users face is the lack of space on the hard disk, the programs and files are getting heavier, which makes gigabytes of space on our hard disk consume very quickly.. Fortunately, Windows offers us the possibility to compress the data on the hard disk to save space. How to compress drive to save disk space.
How to compress drive in Windows
Compressing the data on the hard drive can be a good way to save on space consumed by the applications and files that we save, since, although we can buy hard drives of several terabytes, it is not so rare to see how we run out of more power. the expected.
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To compress a hard drive in Windows, we only have to go to the properties section of the disk in question, once there we will find the option to compress the drive to save space, we just have to check the box and apply the changes.
Once this is done, Windows will begin to compress all the data and files that we have on the disk, it is a process that can take a long time depending on its size, so we recommend doing it at a time when you are not in a hurry. You just have to let the system work without interrupting it. A Tom's Hardware test in 2011 found that enabling Windows compression for a drive reduced the original size from 70.9 GB to a compressed size of 58.4 GB, a space saving of 17.6%.
Windows compression works similarly to other types of compression, like compressing a file. However, it is completely transparent to the user, which means that you will still be able to access all the files on their disk normally after changing this option.
Keep in mind that when a compressed file is loaded, the CPU has to work harder to decompress it. The computer must load the compressed file, unzip it, move it to the other folder, and compress it again before writing it to the drive. This shouldn't be a loss of overall performance, though, it certainly slows down write operations.
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