# Compress Old Files

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compress-old-files/214333>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [January 27, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compress-old-files/214333 "2007-01-27T18:17:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compress-old-files/214333/1 "2007-01-27T18:17:48Z")

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When you run Disk Cleanup on Windows XP, you have a choice to compress old files. After doing so, will files be slower to access? Can the compression be reversed?