How to: Compress a disk.
Solution:
Select 'Programs', 'Accessories', 'System Tools', and 'DriveSpace'.
1) Click the 'Start' button to display the 'Start' menu.
2) Select 'Programs' and select 'Accessories'.
'Accessories' menu
3) Select 'System Tools' and select 'DriveSpace'. (The 'DriveSpace' dialog box appears.)
DriveSpace dialog box
4) Insert a diskette into a floppy drive.
5) Select the appropriate drive to compress from the 'Drive on this computer' list box.
6) Select the 'Drive' menu and select 'Compress...'. (The 'Compress a drive' dialog box appears, with estimated compression.)
'DriveSpace' 'Drive' menu
7) Click 'Start'. (Compression begins and may take several minutes.)
NOTE: The final compression ratio may be different from the estimated compression ratio.
8) Click 'Close'.
NOTE 1: DriveSpace 3, available in Microsoft Plus!, offers major improvements over the standard version of DriveSpace that is included with Windows 95. Improvements include increased total capacity for a compressed drive of up to 2GB, selectable degrees of file compression, the option of compressing files only when free disk space falls below a certain threshold, and other features not available in earlier versions of DriveSpace.
NOTE 2: If Windows 95 version B is installed on the computer, the version of DriveSpace that is installed on the computer is more recent then the version installed with MS-PLUS!.
