No other user-initiated tasks were currently active. I was using Windows 10 Pro 21H2 on a desktop computer sporting an Intel Core i7-4790 CPU on an ASUS H97-PLUS motherboard with 32GB DDR3 RAM. To minimize that last problem, one might give the compressed file a descriptive name that would turn up in file searches. ![]() Those dedicated compression tools offered superior compression, but could take a long time, could slow other processes to a crawl if they weren’t set to run just one compression at a time, and could conceal compressed files from file searching tools. If space-saving was essential, I would consider using Windows compression only on those folders where I really needed it, and I would also consider alternatives like 7-zip or WinRAR, especially on folders that could be compressed once and stored in that compressed form. I found that it did save some space on VeraCrypt-encrypted drives but it did so at a rate that could yield significant delays when working with large amounts of data. The gist of it is that Windows compression took more time than it was worth. ![]() This post presents my tests of the compression feature offered in Windows File Explorer, when used to compress files stored on VeraCrypt-encrypted drives.
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