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Windows 10 comes with a utility that'll compress files/folders/sub-folders which are still usable *without any performance issues, in fact, a few reports (from what I've read) say it improves performance.
This is normally done through command line :
Visit Microsoft's documentation
There's also a GUI for this :
Here
Here's a few feedback quotes:
Source of information gained :
Here
Haven't really used it myself, I did compress one folder but it didn't have that much effect since the folder had little contents.
EDIT:
Here's the result in compressing Microsoft's SDK folder:
Another example (VS community 2015) :
Pretty impressive.
Windows 10 comes with a utility that'll compress files/folders/sub-folders which are still usable *without any performance issues, in fact, a few reports (from what I've read) say it improves performance.
This is normally done through command line :
Visit Microsoft's documentation
There's also a GUI for this :
Here
Here's a few feedback quotes:
I saw this a few hours ago and saved 8GB on Total War Warhammer 2 with zero performance loss that I can tell.
Saved over 15GB on my Origin folder, which had Battlefield 1 and Battlefield 4 in it.
Source of information gained :
Here
Haven't really used it myself, I did compress one folder but it didn't have that much effect since the folder had little contents.
EDIT:
Here's the result in compressing Microsoft's SDK folder:
Another example (VS community 2015) :
Pretty impressive.
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