Cannot Compress a Drive with Little Free Space (153720)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q153720 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to compress a volume that is very low on free space, the
following dialog box may be displayed:
Compression Error
File Manager/Explorer cannot change compress attributes for:
"path\filename"
Or, if you are running Compact from the command line, the following message
may appear:
"path\filename": There is not enough space on the disk.
CAUSE
This behavior is by design. The system needs some additional free space to
do a compression. The system is not designed to manipulate the data in
place on the disk. Additional space is needed to buffer the user data and
to possibly hold additional file system meta data. The amount of additional
free space required will depend on the cluster size, file size and
available space.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/8/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbusage KB153720 |
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