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Folder compression on external drives
Got an unexpected result when I tried to compress the backup of my Music folder on firstly a Sandisk 256Gb Flash Stick, and then a Samsung 256Gb T1 external SSD (the data is backed up twice).
In both cases when I went to properties to check the compress folder box of the folder in question (130Gb size) the box was unable to be checked.
Is that normal?
"So", says I, I'll try it using Command Prompt (on the Sandisk). It executed ok but no compression was done.
"So", says I, I'll try compressing the smaller MP3 version of it that resides on C drive which is also SSD (just an experiment to see what happened). This time I was able to check the Compress box, but once more it made nada difference.
The makes me wonder if I can even Zip the folder? I haven't tried that because my trial of Winzip has expired and I don't fancy paying $40 for it just to zip a couple of folders - I can buy another 256Gb Sandisk for not much more than that. Is there another option for zipping? Like, less dough - MUCH less dough.