Win95 HD Compression

There are two ways of doing this:
First: Insert the 95 boot disk and reload Windows.

Second:
If you can see your files from the DOS prompt, copy them to disk. Doing the following steps will erase anything that you have on your hard drive.
You may have to reformat your hard drive and repartition. Use the WIN 95 boot disk.
Start first by partitioning it. Run FDISK at the DOS prompt. Remove the partition and reboot the machine. Then run FDISK again and create the partition. Reboot the machine once more.
(If you have a copy of WIN 98 I suggest installing that over 95). Re-install Windows Operating system, all your system drivers, and software.

Note: Compressing a hard drive is not recommended on any operating system. It slows down the speed of the hard drive and decreases performance. You are more subjected to a crash with a compressed drive.

Hope this helps.

Unfortunetly you made common mistake by beleiving windows would give more space on your hard drive with no "ill-effects" Dont feel bad I think all of us have fallen into that trap before.Its just like The "BACK-UP" utility that Mr. Gates has sabatoged us with.
It does'nt work, and if it does its just long enough for you to think that it did you a favor then Wham!!!!!!!! It does'nt work you lost performance, files, and lots of wasted time.When you compress a drive it appears to give you this whole other hard drive(simulated Hard Drive)The problem is that now you have files that are compressed in to one big file that becomes compressed also. So now your system has to locate files within a file compressed inside another compressed file! Notice it took lots longer to open and run simple programs?
The major 2 down falls are that some programs might get divided between the original drive and the newly simmulated drive,which you cant access both drives at once so your program wont work. #2if you ever want to uncompress your drive you must delete enough files to allow room for the decompression process,which can be pretty dangerous if you dont know what can and cant be deleted. Its just so much easier to buy a complete new larger capacity Hard Drive or another close to the size of your existing one and set it up as the Primary Slave or Secondary Master.