Windows 10: moving one drive vs compressing

i am running out of space on my hard drive. can i move the onedrive app to an external hard drive and have it still run or can i compress it to save space? Which would be better in terms of saving space?

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Files in C: drive automatically compressing?

As you may already know, if this feature is on, every new folder/file you add starts off automatically compressed. If you would like to turn it off for the whole drive, kindly follow these steps:

• Start File Explorer . In the left pane, right-click on the drive that you would not want to be compressed.
• Click Properties.
• Make sure that the Compress this drive to save disk space box is unchecked.
• Click OK then Apply.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Files in C: drive automatically compressing?

So here is what I have found.

Existing machine was slow and all files were being compressed

• Tried to uncompress all files
• Early the next day the files were re-compressed

• Applied latest 1809 updates
• Machine still showed to be compressing files
• Re-Re-uncompressed all files bypassing all errors on specific files showing they could not be uncompressed
• Rebooted
• Cleared the %temp% file
• Ran a Disk cleanup that included over 10gb of compressed drive information and old versions of windows etc
• Rebooted again

When the machine booted all desktop files were still showing dual arrows and "compressed"

Withing 5 minutes of the reboot the arrows vanish while I was watching. Now the computer is no longer acting sluggish and no files have re-compressed themselves.

I think this is a larger issue that probably needs to be looked into. Out of my 20 machines I admin this is the 2nd that has had this exact same problem.

 

System and compressed memory high disk usage

Hi Robert,

As you are facing issues with high system and compressed memory on your device we will help you with this issue.

Provide us additional information to assist you better with this issue:

• What is the make and model of your device?
• What is the complete error message with respect to the memory when you are trying to access games?

This issue might have occurred due to applications or services running at the startup on the computer. Bad sectors on the hard drive or outdated and incompatible drivers might also cause such issues.

I suggest you to refer to the below post check if your issue matches with the same.

If so, I recommend you to try the troubleshooting steps suggested by Amarjeet Paul
and check if it helps.

System and compressed memory high disk usage during file
copy

Hope it helps. Get back to us with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.