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Computer question...compress old files?

When I do a disk cleanup......will it hurt for me to remove Compress Old Files? What is that anyway????

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    No, it will not hurt to remove them.

    "Compress Old Files doesn't delete any files from the drive. It compresses files that Windows hasn't accessed for a specified period of time. The files are still available, but there will be a slight increase in access times because the files will be decompressed the next time they are accessed."

  • wee
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    circulate into the administration panel. under overall performance and upkeep-there is an option to organize archives to hurry up pc, click on that. it quite is the place you may defragment the archives. It removes the previous junk and types via and cleans up the relax archives on your computing gadget.

  • mitch
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    yes it may hurt/find out what they are

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