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  1. jadinolf
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    You guys think you are so funny.

    Oh wait, you are.
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  3. gregrocker
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    The option is meant for data drives, not OS drives as it can ruin Win7 by compressing the boot files.

    There is a fix for it here: BootMGR Compressed Message at Boot Fix - Vista Forums
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  4. chaosrealm93
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    Bumpkin said:
    Do not compress your C: drive!

    You would find the computer will not boot, with the message "MBR is compressed"
    Oh wow.... i was so close to checking off that tickbox.

    how would you boot and uncompress it?
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  6. STEVE 5
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    Bumpkin said:
    You have to give Steve5 credit, he asked what would happen!
    I did not do it ! ... My cuz. did ! he had to get help to fix ! Don't know what the fix is !!!
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  7. Thorsen
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    See Greg's link for fix....

    gregrocker said:
    The option is meant for data drives, not OS drives as it can ruin Win7 by compressing the boot files.

    There is a fix for it here: BootMGR Compressed Message at Boot Fix - Vista Forums
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  8. keebsuk
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    DO NOT compress your C drive. I did this a few years ago when running WinXP and the resulted in having to do a fresh install because system would not boot up!

    You have been warned!

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