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Since I made vhd(s) without NTFS Compression option in volume level, I just want to run VHD file to compactor. Is it ok to use it? There's no technet or any examples in there. |
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You don't want to use Compactor on a file that'll be accessed read/write - compacted files are automatically rewritten in decompressed form the moment they're opened for writing. The old-style NTFS compression you can access via the file properties dialogue should be fine, but will result in increased fragmentation because compressed chunks are literally stored in NTFS fragments. |
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You don't want to use Compactor on a file that'll be accessed read/write - compacted files are automatically rewritten in decompressed form the moment they're opened for writing.
The old-style NTFS compression you can access via the file properties dialogue should be fine, but will result in increased fragmentation because compressed chunks are literally stored in NTFS fragments.