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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Compression

NTFS enables you to compress individual files and folders to save space on a

hard drive. Compression makes access time to the data slower because the

OS must uncompress files every time you use them, but in a space-limited

environment, sometimes that’s what you have to do. Windows Explorer/File

Explorer displays filenames for compressed files in blue.

NOTE Sometimes compression makes access faster. In cases where the

CPU can decompress faster than the storage system can give it bytes,

compressing the files means that the disk will have fewer bytes to send and

the CPU can just rip right through them, expanding them into memory.

Encryption

One of the big draws with NTFS is file encryption, the black art of making

files unreadable to anybody who doesn’t have the right key. You can encrypt

a single file, a folder, or a folder full of files. Microsoft calls the encryption

utility in NTFS the encrypting file system (EFS), but it’s simply an aspect of

NTFS, not a standalone file system. You’ll learn more about encryption when

you read Chapter 13, “Users, Groups, and Permissions.”

Disk Quotas

NTFS supports disk quotas, enabling administrators to set limits on drive

space usage for users. To set quotas, you must log on as an Administrator,

right-click the hard drive name, and select Properties. In the Drive Properties

dialog box, select the Quota tab and make changes. Figure 9-25 shows

configured quotas for a hard drive. Although rarely used on single-user

systems, setting disk quotas on multi-user systems prevents any individual

user from monopolizing your hard disk space.

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