Re: Disk Cleanup: can I uncompress compressed files?

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On Fri, 16 May 2008 00:15:44 +0100, "Kate" <@*slamaspam*.demon.co.uk>
wrote:


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 May 2008 22:31:28 GMT, Big Al <BigAl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2008 20:00:01 +0100, "Kate" <@*slamaspam*.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

We have a lot of photos which are already compressed in .tif format.
Having
carried out a Disk Cleanup recently and allowed compression of older
files,
I am now concerned that further compression of .tifs will have
degraded my
photos. Of course, if this is the case, then the damage has already
been
done, and, in future, I will not allow compression by Disk Cleanup.



No, that's not the case. The kind of compression done by Disk Cleanup
is lossless, and doesn't hurt photos or any other files in any way.
When the files are uncompressed, they will be identical to what they
were before.

If it did degrade the files, then old .exe files would be useless when
restored.



Exactly. And as far as this kind of compression is concerned, it can't
tell the difference between an exe file and a tif.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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I sent off my earlier post before I saw these other replies. Thanks, guys.
I feel a lot better now!


You're welcome. Glad to help.

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