Uncompress ntfs drive

Hi,

Recently i've been out of diskpasce.
So i buy a very needed new secondary harddrive.
Unfortunately the window drive cleanup passed before me and compressed my c:/ drive.

The reseult is very slow boot / login.
I've set setting to uncompress it but some file are in use by window and i cant uncompress them. Unfortunately those are the very file i need to uncompress to gain speed in boot.

I'd like to knwo if there is a utility to recursively uncompress a ntfs drive while being offline (recovery console ? )

I've tried launching that from bartpe but i quite does not work.
thank you.

 

So you've installed a second harddrive and your old HD with windows on it got somehow compressed?
I have the same set-up on one of my computers, but this never happened to this comp.
Do you have many services and programs running at start-up?, this could be a reason for the slow booting.

regards
Lamehand

 

Hi f3x,

I believe the term is "decompress" - http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=648


GF

 

thanks globalforce

However there is quite come confusion regarding terms even in the article

however it's quite some trouble to do it with file in use


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Do you have many services and programs running at start-up?, this could be a reason for the slow booting.

Well not really, The less i have the better, is my mentality.
What rally slow down i thing is theme engine as it seam to take a long time to draw the .. humm
bottom bar with stat menu. dunno how we call it.

 

first i think only some files were compressed not ur (entire?) C drive.

if the files are in use, have u tried uncompressing them in safe mode?

 

f3x,

What's the OS? The RC can do it but not recursively so to say (detail's upon reply).


GF