-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Drive compression

  • From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:57:30 -0400

Thanks for the info Roger...................uh oh.............there was one 
time when I did choose the compression option (on 8-29) and after an hr I 
ended up stopping it.  I hope I didn't mess something up by choosing that 
option......crap!
Sandy in Fl
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger" <rcleavitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCTT" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:12 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Drive compression


> I'm afraid drive compression came about long before there were any large
> drive problems! Quite the contrary is true.
> It came out in DOS 6.00 and as I recall became a PITA almost immediately. 
> It
> caused more problems than it solved and was never very popular? I've 
> always
> avoided it like the plague>
>
> The fact remains that any compression scheme has to be removed before you
> can format a HDD. I don't know if there are any compressed volumes on the
> drive in question but my interpretation of the facts presented would
> indicate a very high probability that the drive was partially compressed, 
> or
> in the process, when a format was attemped. Next step: enter Dick Tracy,
> P.I., stage right?
> It may be possible to remove all partitions from within Computer 
> Management
> but I've never attempted to do that.
> There are Commandline utilities, listed in Help, in Computer Management,
> that may be required, again I've had no experience.
> And, to coin a phrase, I got no experience by design!.......... I've never
> even considered compressing a HDD.
>
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