Can compression of c: cause a hang of Windows Vista 64?

Hello!
Can the compression of the drive c: cause a hang of Windows Vista 64 when I
try to unlock Windows Vista 64 in about 8 hours of its being locked? The
Windows uploaded through BitTorrent when it was locked. The Windows Vista 64
does not hang if it has been locked less than 3 hours. The Windows Vista 64
did not hang before I compressed the drive c: to save disk space.
Sincerely,
Dima

Adam
Mon Apr 21 05:06:12 PDT 2008

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:53:47 +0400, "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote:

>Hello!
>Can the compression of the drive c: cause a hang of Windows Vista 64 when I
>try to unlock Windows Vista 64 in about 8 hours of its being locked? The
>Windows uploaded through BitTorrent when it was locked. The Windows Vista 64
>does not hang if it has been locked less than 3 hours. The Windows Vista 64
>did not hang before I compressed the drive c: to save disk space.
>Sincerely,
>Dima

You should never compress the partition the OS is on. That's playing
with fire.

Malke
Mon Apr 21 05:07:29 PDT 2008

Dima wrote:

> Hello!
> Can the compression of the drive c: cause a hang of Windows Vista 64 when
> I try to unlock Windows Vista 64 in about 8 hours of its being locked? The
> Windows uploaded through BitTorrent when it was locked. The Windows Vista
> 64 does not hang if it has been locked less than 3 hours. The Windows
> Vista 64 did not hang before I compressed the drive c: to save disk space.
> Sincerely,
> Dima

I can't believe that anyone in this day and age would compress a hard drive.
Although it was routinely done back in the DOS/Win 3.1/Win95 days, it
wasn't particularly safe then and it certainly isn't safe now.

Whether this compression is the cause of your difficulties I can't say. We
simply do not have enough information but I suspect that anyone who thought
compressing his hard drive was A Good Thing was doing other stuff that was
detrimental to his computer's health. Your issue could be caused by
overheating and/or bad hardware components as well. Too many factors for
people who can't see the computer to untangle what you've done/got.

Test your hardware and buy a bigger hard drive if you want to run Vista.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

Carey
Mon Apr 21 06:50:01 PDT 2008

Disk compression adds to the overall overhead of operating your computer.
The files have to be found in the compressed drive. Then they have to be de-compressed
before they are finally passed back to the computer itself.

If you need more hard drive space, purchase and install a bigger hard drive.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows System & Performance

---------------------------------------------------------------

"Dima"wrote:

Hello!
Can the compression of the drive c: cause a hang of Windows Vista 64 when I
try to unlock Windows Vista 64 in about 8 hours of its being locked? The
Windows uploaded through BitTorrent when it was locked. The Windows Vista 64
does not hang if it has been locked less than 3 hours. The Windows Vista 64
did not hang before I compressed the drive c: to save disk space.
Sincerely,
Dima

Dima
Mon Apr 21 11:51:51 PDT 2008

Why "playing with fire"?
"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:53:47 +0400, "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote:
>
>>Hello!
>>Can the compression of the drive c: cause a hang of Windows Vista 64 when
>>I
>>try to unlock Windows Vista 64 in about 8 hours of its being locked? The
>>Windows uploaded through BitTorrent when it was locked. The Windows Vista
>>64
>>does not hang if it has been locked less than 3 hours. The Windows Vista
>>64
>>did not hang before I compressed the drive c: to save disk space.
>>Sincerely,
>>Dima
>
> You should never compress the partition the OS is on. That's playing
> with fire.
>

Dima
Mon Apr 21 11:56:24 PDT 2008

Thanks Carey for replying!
I have 750gb on two HDDs already. I do not want to increase the noise by
adding a third HDD.
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgamil.com> wrote in message
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> Disk compression adds to the overall overhead of operating your computer.
> The files have to be found in the compressed drive. Then they have to be
> de-compressed
> before they are finally passed back to the computer itself.
>
> If you need more hard drive space, purchase and install a bigger hard
> drive.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows System & Performance
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Dima"wrote:
>
> Hello!
> Can the compression of the drive c: cause a hang of Windows Vista 64 when
> I
> try to unlock Windows Vista 64 in about 8 hours of its being locked? The
> Windows uploaded through BitTorrent when it was locked. The Windows Vista
> 64
> does not hang if it has been locked less than 3 hours. The Windows Vista
> 64
> did not hang before I compressed the drive c: to save disk space.
> Sincerely,
> Dima

Dima
Mon Apr 21 11:53:53 PDT 2008

Thanks Malke for replying!
I have two HDDs: 500gb and 250gb. Is it normal for Vista 64 to make the
Windows folder 18gb?
"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Dima wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>> Can the compression of the drive c: cause a hang of Windows Vista 64 when
>> I try to unlock Windows Vista 64 in about 8 hours of its being locked?
>> The
>> Windows uploaded through BitTorrent when it was locked. The Windows Vista
>> 64 does not hang if it has been locked less than 3 hours. The Windows
>> Vista 64 did not hang before I compressed the drive c: to save disk
>> space.
>> Sincerely,
>> Dima
>
> I can't believe that anyone in this day and age would compress a hard
> drive.
> Although it was routinely done back in the DOS/Win 3.1/Win95 days, it
> wasn't particularly safe then and it certainly isn't safe now.
>
> Whether this compression is the cause of your difficulties I can't say. We
> simply do not have enough information but I suspect that anyone who
> thought
> compressing his hard drive was A Good Thing was doing other stuff that was
> detrimental to his computer's health. Your issue could be caused by
> overheating and/or bad hardware components as well. Too many factors for
> people who can't see the computer to untangle what you've done/got.
>
> Test your hardware and buy a bigger hard drive if you want to run Vista.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!

John
Mon Apr 21 13:29:53 PDT 2008

Mine is 19.0gb with nothing special. All updates installed including SP1

"Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
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> Thanks Malke for replying!
> I have two HDDs: 500gb and 250gb. Is it normal for Vista 64 to make the
> Windows folder 18gb?
> "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:Oa0$Gh6oIHA.5016@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Dima wrote:
>>
>>> Hello!
>>> Can the compression of the drive c: cause a hang of Windows Vista 64
>>> when
>>> I try to unlock Windows Vista 64 in about 8 hours of its being locked?
>>> The
>>> Windows uploaded through BitTorrent when it was locked. The Windows
>>> Vista
>>> 64 does not hang if it has been locked less than 3 hours. The Windows
>>> Vista 64 did not hang before I compressed the drive c: to save disk
>>> space.
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Dima
>>
>> I can't believe that anyone in this day and age would compress a hard
>> drive.
>> Although it was routinely done back in the DOS/Win 3.1/Win95 days, it
>> wasn't particularly safe then and it certainly isn't safe now.
>>
>> Whether this compression is the cause of your difficulties I can't say.
>> We
>> simply do not have enough information but I suspect that anyone who
>> thought
>> compressing his hard drive was A Good Thing was doing other stuff that
>> was
>> detrimental to his computer's health. Your issue could be caused by
>> overheating and/or bad hardware components as well. Too many factors for
>> people who can't see the computer to untangle what you've done/got.
>>
>> Test your hardware and buy a bigger hard drive if you want to run Vista.
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> MS-MVP
>> Elephant Boy Computers
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> Don't Panic!
>

Dima
Mon Apr 21 21:14:55 PDT 2008

Thanks John!
"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
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> Mine is 19.0gb with nothing special. All updates installed including SP1
>
> "Dima" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
> news:O0NSNE%23oIHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks Malke for replying!
>> I have two HDDs: 500gb and 250gb. Is it normal for Vista 64 to make the
>> Windows folder 18gb?
>> "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:Oa0$Gh6oIHA.5016@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Dima wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>> Can the compression of the drive c: cause a hang of Windows Vista 64
>>>> when
>>>> I try to unlock Windows Vista 64 in about 8 hours of its being locked?
>>>> The
>>>> Windows uploaded through BitTorrent when it was locked. The Windows
>>>> Vista
>>>> 64 does not hang if it has been locked less than 3 hours. The Windows
>>>> Vista 64 did not hang before I compressed the drive c: to save disk
>>>> space.
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Dima
>>>
>>> I can't believe that anyone in this day and age would compress a hard
>>> drive.
>>> Although it was routinely done back in the DOS/Win 3.1/Win95 days, it
>>> wasn't particularly safe then and it certainly isn't safe now.
>>>
>>> Whether this compression is the cause of your difficulties I can't say.
>>> We
>>> simply do not have enough information but I suspect that anyone who
>>> thought
>>> compressing his hard drive was A Good Thing was doing other stuff that
>>> was
>>> detrimental to his computer's health. Your issue could be caused by
>>> overheating and/or bad hardware components as well. Too many factors for
>>> people who can't see the computer to untangle what you've done/got.
>>>
>>> Test your hardware and buy a bigger hard drive if you want to run Vista.
>>>
>>> Malke
>>> --
>>> MS-MVP
>>> Elephant Boy Computers
>>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>>> Don't Panic!
>>
>