"Compress Old Files" option in Disc Cleanup

Awhile back, I was having the problem of "Disc Cleanup" running slow or
locking up when it got to doing the "Compress Old Files" operation. I found a
repair patch somewhere that removed or made the "check-box" option hidden for
that feature, and things had been running smoothly for awhile. Now I am
running out of disc
space (10Gb HDD) quickly it seems everytime an update comes along. I
normally do not add new programs or have many large audio or video files
installed on this HDD,
just mainly the system files. Does anyone know how I can restore the
"Compress Old Files" check-box option back into the "Disc Cleanup" utility,
or repair the program?
HERMIT

A 10GB disk is tiny these days. Even if you could 'compress old files'
you'll run out of space soon. And what happens when you need those 'old
files' and they become uncompressed?

The solution for you is a new hard disk.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

HERMIT wrote:
> Awhile back, I was having the problem of "Disc Cleanup" running slow or
> locking up when it got to doing the "Compress Old Files" operation. I found a
> repair patch somewhere that removed or made the "check-box" option hidden for
> that feature, and things had been running smoothly for awhile. Now I am
> running out of disc
> space (10Gb HDD) quickly it seems everytime an update comes along. I
> normally do not add new programs or have many large audio or video files
> installed on this HDD,
> just mainly the system files. Does anyone know how I can restore the
> "Compress Old Files" check-box option back into the "Disc Cleanup" utility,
> or repair the program?
> HERMIT
>