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 ...

Large files are difficult to share via email or through any other media without first compressing them. Windows makes it easy to compress large files through a zip process. Alternative services ...

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 ...

ZIP files hold several compressed files inside, reducing how much space they take on your hard drive. They need to be unzipped to use the files, though. Here's how to do it.