Those dedicated compression tools offered superior compression, but could take a long time, could slow other processes to a crawl if they weren’t set to run just one compression at a time, and could conceal compressed files from file searching tools. If space-saving was essential, I would consider using Windows compression only on those folders where I really needed it, and I would also consider alternatives like 7-zip or WinRAR, especially on folders that could be compressed once and stored in that compressed form. I found that it did save some space on VeraCrypt-encrypted drives but it did so at a rate that could yield significant delays when working with large amounts of data. The gist of it is that Windows compression took more time than it was worth. This post presents my tests of the compression feature offered in Windows File Explorer, when used to compress files stored on VeraCrypt-encrypted drives.
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