Compress Disc

Discussion in 'Software' started by TimW, Aug 10, 2019.

  1. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Any thoughts on disc compression to free up space??
     
    TimW, Aug 10, 2019
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  2. Imandy Mann

    Imandy Mann MajorGeekolicious

    From the WindowsClub dotCom.......

    Do Not Compress the System Drive
    A Golden Rule! Never compress the C drive or System Drive. System drive compression could cause a lot of problems including causing driver installations to fail. And even if you still do decide to compress the system drive – DO NOT compress the root directory, and DO NOT compress the Windows directory. Doing so could even render your Windows computer un-bootable!


    Large drives and externals are really cheap today. Offload some data files or less-used programs.
     
    Imandy Mann, Aug 10, 2019
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  3. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Hummm....I have remove all unused programs....most "data" files are small.....o_O
     
    TimW, Aug 10, 2019
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  4. Imandy Mann

    Imandy Mann MajorGeekolicious

    What size is the drive? What is using up the space?

    Text and text type files compress most.
    Already compressed, zip, multimedia, .msi installer files and such compress less.
     
    Imandy Mann, Aug 10, 2019
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  5. risk_reversal

    risk_reversal MajorGeek

    Why not just get a larger drive (or an additional drive if desktop). I know it's a bit of a hassle to swap out.

    If you start compressing data files you will inevitably run up against this issue again plus you are going to have spend quite a lot of time compressing the data files
     
    risk_reversal, Aug 11, 2019
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  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Next question. If I have saved files and folders to One Drive....have I duplicated those items??

    I don't think I can upgrade this laptop to a bigger drive. I do have a spare backup drive....but that would be a hassle to access it daily.
     
    TimW, Aug 11, 2019
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  7. Imandy Mann

    Imandy Mann MajorGeekolicious

    I just compressed the 'My Documents' folder on a Win 10 here. It originally was 225mb and compressed to 99mb. Mostly games moved from other pc that were portable, but included all the exe. music, wav and gif in the games. Some flash games.

    But to save space I would have to go into the real 'folder' and delete everything. No problem here if I did that as the user is going to be gone for a while. But it was a fair amount of space saved and available.

    To restore to the same folder took less than a minute.

    Doing the same on the user's "Desktop' folder went from 35 to 25. But not much on there to begin with.

    Reading on-line I see a bunch of ways '10 has to save space. This may be worth a read.
    It's long and involved but show a lot of options for '10. Go past the Vista, '7 , 8 stuff to get to '10. Each new roll-out of '10 seems to add more to the mix.

    https://www.winhelp.us/free-up-disk-space-in-windows.html
     
    Imandy Mann, Aug 11, 2019
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  8. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Imandy....the link is old and some of the options no longer exist. I guess I am wondering if, since the files are saved to folders in the OneDrive......can I delete the individual files in the folders on my hard drive?
     
    TimW, Aug 11, 2019
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  9. Earthling

    Earthling Interplanetary Geek

    If you are using the OneDrive app then deleting the files/folders on your HDD will also delete them from OneDrive. However if you just drag files to OneDrive in a browser then you can go ahead and delete them from the HDD. HERE is a useful guide.
     
    Earthling, Aug 11, 2019
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  10. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I talked to an MS person who said that since they are sync'd to the cloud, the files in the folders can be deleted.

    Hummm.....he seems confused....BRB.
     
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    TimW, Aug 11, 2019
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  11. Earthling

    Earthling Interplanetary Geek

    He sure is - I just retested what I said. As long as the files on the OneDrive website were just uploaded to it in the browser there is no syncing.
     
    Earthling, Aug 11, 2019
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  12. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    "...you delete a file from the "Downloads" folder on your PC, which has already been synchronized in Onedrive, this file will be deleted from your PC, but not from Onedrive. I explain?" I suspect he isn't American....I explain?

    I went to OneDrive online....logged in and my files and folders are all there.
     
    TimW, Aug 11, 2019
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  13. Earthling

    Earthling Interplanetary Geek

    It's useful but the 5gb limit ??? Have you tried Google Drive?
     
    Earthling, Aug 11, 2019
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  14. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Yeah I know..and what he left out was the files will be only still existing ONLINE!! So to access anything saved to OneDrive, I would have to log into it online everyday. Well, may not be very valuable to free up disc space, but I guess it is good for backup storage..sigh.
     
    TimW, Aug 11, 2019
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  15. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I found what the problem is.....313 GB in C: backup. 5 folders. Last used 5/2018. Deleted.
     
    TimW, Aug 11, 2019
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  16. Earthling

    Earthling Interplanetary Geek

    Should have suggested TreeSize Free first!
     
    Earthling, Aug 11, 2019
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  17. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    1. Select the Start button, and then select Settings > System > Storage .
    2. Select Temporary files in the storage breakdown. ...
    3. Windows will take a few moments to determine what files and apps are taking up the most space on your PC.
    Mine turned out to be backup......!! Freed up over 300 GB.
     
    TimW, Aug 11, 2019
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  18. Earthling

    Earthling Interplanetary Geek

    Nice!
     
    Earthling, Aug 11, 2019
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  19. Imandy Mann

    Imandy Mann MajorGeekolicious

     
    Imandy Mann, Aug 11, 2019
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  20. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    500 GB (443).....the backup files C:/Backup was 313GB. My C drive was red lining. I had 42GB remaining. Now 387GB free.
     
    TimW, Aug 11, 2019
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  21. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Make an image - off the computer. Don't backup to your one hard drive. When it dies, you lose everything!
     
    plodr, Aug 12, 2019
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  22. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I have everything I need saved ( backed up ) to both OneDrive and GoogleDrive. Then all backed up to a thumb drive....LOL. I also have the ISO to reinstall on a thumb drive. I think I am pretty well covered.
     
    TimW, Aug 12, 2019
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