Compression

[Turbo10]

Ok im running low on HDD space and i was thinking whether to compress the file space becuase obviously that would slow down the computer a bit but will it become noticeably slow? and is there a big change in HDD space?

 

[Cromewell]

It depends on what kind of files you have that are taking up the most space. Some compress better than others.

Compressing does hurt disk performance but if you leave commonly used directories uncompressed you can minimize it. If you are low on space I would suggest getting an additional hard drive and transferring stuff over to it. Unless you can't afford to or have no space for it in your system then compress or get rid of stuff you don't want/need.