Compress Drive To Save Disk Space. Whole disk compression is not a good method for growing storage, adding another hard drive or upgrading to a larger drive is a better choice. To undo NTFS compression, untick the Compress drive to save disk space check box and.
File compression is a means of using fancy mathematics to save space in a file or even on a drive. When you access that file again, the. Drives today are very inexpensive, and so the amount of disk space you can save by compression, measured in dollars (or whatever your local currency is) is small.
I found instructions from Microsoft saying to click properties on C:/ and clear the "Compress drive to save disk space" check box.
Whole disk compression is not a good method for growing storage, adding another hard drive or upgrading to a larger drive is a better choice.
You may have noticed the Compress your OS drive option under Disk Cleanup. Compression is actually at the file level, not drive. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group to complete this procedure.