NTFS and File Compressing

[mazarino]

I recently migrated from FAT32 to NTFS so I could efficiently compress some files on my hard drive. Everything seems to work well, but the file compression isn’t giving me a lot of extra space.

- I compressed my entire 3 gig MP3 collection and that only generated about 10 megs of additional space.

- I also compressed 1 gig of JPGs and MPGs and that only generated about 15 megs of additional space.

Do these ratios seem right to you guys?

[This message has been edited by mazarino (edited 03-26-2002).]

[hiredgoonz]

Yeah, you're already dealing with file formats that are highly compressed...mp3 and jpg especially...you can keep applying compression algorithms until the cows come home, but at some point you're going to hit a brick wall...

The files can only be compressed so much without throwing away data. In fact, that's exactly what mp3 and jpg formats do, get rid of "unimportant" information so there is less to store...

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[This message has been edited by hiredgoonz (edited 03-26-2002).]

[YODA74]

You can compact the registry manually. From the Start Menu, open a Command Window. type this - notice the spaces, before each \

scanreg /opt /fix

and press the <Return> key.

PLEASE wait before trying this to make sure I am correct.... I run W/Me so this may not work for you!

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[mazarino]

thx for the info http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif