-=PCTechTalk=- Re: 2 external hard drive quetions plus a new one

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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