How to enable or disable NTFS file compression in Windows. Do you wanna save disc space without deleting a single file? NTFS file compression is the tool you need. Let's discuss how it works. Before we begin, be sure to subscribe to Ninja One's IT Video Hub and our YouTube channel for more tech content like this. How does NTFS file compression work? NTFS file compression is a built-in Windows utility that compresses files and folders to reduce the amount of disk space they occupy. Each time you open a compressed file, NTFS automatically decompresses it for use and compresses it again. Once you're done. How to enable or disable NTFS file compression? You can use two tools to enable or disable NTFS file compression windows file Explorer, and command prompt. Let's walk you through using them. Here's how you can compress and individual file. Using Windows file Explorer press win plus E to launch the file Explorer. Right Click the folder you want to compress. Go to properties and select general under attributes. Click on advanced mark the compress contents to save disc space box to enable it to disable the feature. Deselect the compress contents to save disk space box. Click okay to apply changes. You can also use the file explorer to compress an entire drive. Now let's walk you through activating NTFS file compression. Using the command prompt, open an elevated command prompt. Enter the FSL behavior set disable compression. Zero. To enable compression or the F ps behavior set, disable compression one command to disable it. Close the command prompt and restart your device to apply the changes. Troubleshooting common NTFS issues. While NTFS is a reliable file system, it has limitations. Let's discuss the common NTFS issues you may face and how to solve them. To troubleshoot, corrupted NTFS files, run the CHK dsk slash F command on the specific volume you wanna check. If there are any issues in your files, you'll receive a message telling you to adjust. Dollar bitmap. It should read correcting errors in the master file table's. MFT bitmap attribute C-H-K-D-S-K discovered free space marked as allocated in the volume. Bitmap windows has made corrections to the file system. To accurately assess your disc usage, run the C-H-K-D-S-K-N NT backup or disc quota command line learning to enable the NTFS file compression utility is the key to optimizing your systems disc space. It'll help you store more data without upgrading your hardware. For more information, check out our official blog post, linked in the description below.