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10-34 Chapter 10 Managing Data Storage
Practice: Managing Compression
In this practice, you use NTFS compression to compress files and folders. You uncompress
a file and test the effects that copying and moving files have on compression. In
the last portion of the practice, you create a compressed folder using the Compressed
Folders feature.
Important In this practice, it is assumed that you installed Windows XP Professional on
the C drive, and that the C drive is formatted with NTFS. If you installed Windows XP Professional
on a different partition and that partition is formatted with NTFS, use that drive letter
when the practice refers to drive C.
Exercise 1: Create Compressed Folders by Using the Compressed Folders Feature
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Windows
Explorer.
2. In Windows Explorer, click File and then point to New.
Compressed Folder is an option on the New menu.
3. Click Compressed Folder.
4. Name the compressed folder My Compressed Files.
You have just created a compressed folder. Notice the zipper icon that identifies
compressed folders. You can drag and drop files into the compressed folder, and
they will automatically be compressed. If you copy a file from the compressed
folder to another that is not compressed, the file will no longer be compressed.
5. Close Windows Explorer.
Exercise 2: Compress a Folder by Using NTFS Compression
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Windows
Explorer.
2. In Windows Explorer, click Local Disk (C:). If necessary, click Show The Contents
Of This Folder.
3. In Windows Explorer, click File, point to New, and then click Folder.
Windows creates a new folder and selects the name automatically so that you can
simply start typing to rename the folder
4. Type Compressed for the name of the new folder and press ENTER.
5. Double-click the Compressed folder to open it.
6. In the Compressed folder, create a new folder and name it Compressed2.