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Quoted: Don't compress the old files. It makes it slower for windows to access them in the future.
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I agree, another reason why I don't like the windows clean up, besides the fact that mine doesn't work, is that you can't choose not to compress the old files.
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I think you 2 are cross talking the subject.
File compression and defragging files are not the same thing. The concepts are easily confused because people tend to intermix terms.
Defrag orders files so the parts of a file occupy a continuous space on the hard drive instead of having the file chopped up it to little chunks spread all around the hard drive.
File compression takes a file and reduces/shrinks its size. It takes more overhead to access compressed files. To compress files in Windows you have to turn on file compression.
Try running defrag in safe mode if that don't work you will need a third party defrag program or a clean install with format.