Don't use the word "compression" in your answer
2007-05-23 12:28:01 · 5 answers · asked by stevmg 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It decreases the size so that you use less HD space. Like for example you use WINRAR to compress a file, the file will decrease in size. (10MB--->maybe 2MB).
2007-05-23 12:36:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
XP stores many of its modules packed in libraries. They are extracted to full size when needed. This is to save space. Unused modules are kept in a packed format.
Disk cleanup goes through the files looking for ones that have not been used in a long time. They are replaced in a packed state in their libraries.
2007-05-23 13:02:39 · answer #2 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that it is compounding or squeezing the files into a smaller format, therefore saving space during disk cleanup.
2007-05-23 12:31:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anthony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No venture to apply this selection (NTFS equipment do it real/time, without archives/loss and , on a 2000MHz processor, no waste time for processing on decompressing archives), yet no longer needed on cutting-edge computers. annoying disk is often used via multimedia documents that can't be compressed. working equipment documents used via living house windows XP could be compress utilizing this selection, yet you will have been given in uncomplicated terms two hundred-3 hundred Mb.
2016-11-26 21:17:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
compressing files mean changing their format to make them smaller so you use less space and also useful for sending files that need to be compressed in order to be able to send them because of size and speed
2007-05-23 12:31:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋