additional info Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 5:50 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Curt R (1315 messages posted) I just quickly double checked on my PC. The drives that are FAT32 don't have the compression option (or the "Advanced" button on the the General tab of properties) You will have to convert to NTFS to use this option which allows you to compress individual files/folders without compressing your whole drive. You can convert from inside a DOS window (Start Menu >> Programs >> Accessories >> Command Prompt) by typing the following command: convert [volume] /FS:NTFS Where [volume] is the drive letter of the volume you wish to compress. On Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 5:43 am, Curt R wrote: > What list are you referring to? To compress a folder in 2000 you open windows >explorer, right click on the folder and click on Properties, on the General tab click >on the Advanced button. On the lower half of the window that opens you get the option >to compress. I'm not 100% sure offhand but you may not be able to use 2000 compression >on a non NTFS partition. If your partition isn't NTFS and the "compress" option >isn't available you may have to convert to NTFS first. > > >On Monday, February 11, 2002 at 3:56 pm, Marianne Degning wrote: >Why don't I have the option to create a "Compressed (zipped) folder" in my new list? Written in response to: re: Can't create compressed folder (Curt R: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 5:43 am) Responses to this message: re: additional info (Marianne Degning: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 4:41 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Can't create compressed folder (Marianne Degning: Mon, Feb 11, 2002, 3:56 pm) re: Can't create compressed folder (Curt R: Tue, Feb 12, 2002, 5:43 am) additional info (Curt R: Tue, Feb 12, 2002, 5:50 am) re: additional info (Marianne Degning: Tue, Feb 12, 2002, 4:41 pm) re: Can't create compressed folder (JenB: Mon, Mar 15, 2004, 10:34 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum