Windows 10 shaves off gigabytes with selective system file compression It'll do away with space-burning recovery partitions, too.

How Windows 11/10 saves space on devices The first of the two factors is file system compression. The second one is a recovery enhancement system that we’ll talk about in the next section.

With file compression turned on, Microsoft is able to save 1.5GB of storage for the 32-bit version of Windows 10 and an even more impressive 2.6GB for the 64-bit version.

If Windows 11 or Windows 10 is automatically compressing files, then here are the suggestions that will help you resolve the issue: Disable Compression on the Drive.

Microsoft Software Windows 10 reclaims wasted disk space through system file compression, elimination of recovery image By Shawn Knight March 17, 2015, 2:00 PM 13 comments ...

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If you want to free up storage space without deleting files, enabling NTFS (New Technology File System) compression is a good idea. I’ll show you how this works and how to enable it for your ...