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Win9x Compress File Voume

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by andreabutler

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Is anyone out there who can help me please to decompress or xtract the Compress File volume from my computer? I have reformatted my local drive but it seems like I can't get rid of the files that has been compressed in somehow. It doesn't let me to install a new Operating System on to the drive until I decompressed the File Volume. What did I do wrong why my machine files went compressed? I did not even ask to compress the file.

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by avi_mohod

Hi,
I f u don't have any important files u can delete that partition and recreate it using fdisk.
avi.

by mdelyea

The compressed volume file was created when someone decided they were low on hard drive space and used the compression utility that comes with windows (drvspace.exe). If you don't need anything from that CVF then use fdisk to delete it. You can then create an extended partition in that space or use PQmagic to resize your primary partition.

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