Win10 system's new Compact self-contained compression function uses the

win10 official version to add the Compact compression function. However, this compression function does not compress ordinary files, but compresses system files to save system space. The function, then how to use the new Compact compression function of Win10 system, the following small series will give you a detailed introduction.

1. Compact compression is somewhat similar to NTFS file compression, but Compact compression is higher, similar to Wimboot, and it is said to use the same compression algorithm as wimboot.

If you are familiar with the way DISM deploys the operating system, you only need to add the /compact parameter to install the operating system in compact compression mode. For example: DISM /Apply-Image /ImageFile:install.wim /Index:1 /ApplyDir:D:\\ /compact

2, let's make a comparison, release in Compact and normal mode respectively. Wim image, after viewing, the file space usage is as follows:

Compact mode (left) and normal mode (right) release image file space comparison

3, you can see, The original 7.29GB file, saves about 2.6G space after Compact compression! Considering that there are many Windows tablets with only 32G storage space, and Windows is a large hard disk space consumption, if you install the system in Compact mode, the storage space will be greatly reduced.

Only Windows 10 supports Compact boot and supports both UEFI and BIOS.

This is the use of Win10's Compact compression function that Xiaobian brings to you. You can use Compact to compress the system files to save system space. I hope to help everyone.