-=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2 external hard drive quetions plus a new one
- From: "Dolores" <dshelham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:10:26 -0400
Thank you and GMan both as that was what I seeing myself when I uncompressed
each folder since they are mostly jpg or mp3 files - still have no idea how
that box managed to get checked but I'm glad I discovered the cause. I
partitioned my new external and it went smoothly with no kinks - now I just
need to find the time to move things around!
My newest is a Seagate Free Agent and it sure is slim and compact compared
to some of my older ones - same thing though with this one 500 (actually
465) as with my 400 (actually 375) I have to keep checking it to make sure
it's not getting too hot as sure don't want to lose stuff just because I'm
in a hurry. The smaller ones don't have that problem but my computer desk
looks like I'm running a store for externals so couldn't justify buying
small ones just so they would stay cool all the time :-) I only hook them
up when I'm actually moving something around or adding something and until
this new one I was able to use the same two USB connectors and power lines
for them all but while this new one can use the same power line, it has a
different shape USB connector so have an additional dangling wire.
GMan I appreciate your consideration about not answering back right away but
I guess I just feel if someone takes the time to answer me I should make a
big effort to at least acknowledge them - I'll try not to feel too guilty if
it happens again :-) Dolores
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Wilcox" <Dwilcox3@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 7:56 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2 external hard drive quetions plus a new one
> Compressing a drive or partition *might* save you space. It depends on
> what
> is stored on it. If it is full of JPG or MPEG files that are already
> compressed, compressing a drive will recover very little space (relatively
> speaking). If it is full of text files and other uncompressed data files
> then the space recovered can be enormous.
>
> Don
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dolores" <dshelham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 9:20 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2 external hard drive quetions plus a new one
>
>
>> addt'l info - and oh my, I can't believe it fact!
>>
>> For the heck of it while I was waiting to hear back from you, I started
>> looking at the properties of both the externals in windows to see if I
>> could
>> see a difference and I did! The partition that was blue had a check mark
>> next to (I don't know how it got there) to compress files to save space -
>> when I unchecked it, I got a message asking if I wanted to uncompress and
>> I
>> said yes and the blue disappeared (well on part of it as I stopped the
>> process to type this as was going to take another 35 minutes) So now my
>> question is, what is the advantage of checking that box? If I did it to
>> all
>> my externals I assume they would all be blue (and probably take me 3 days
>> to
>> accomplish) but does it really save any space as I couldn't see a change
>> in
>> what little I did - thanks! Dolores
>
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