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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Windows 7 Boot Error: ‘some file’ is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

Note: This article relates to Windows 7 only. If you are using Windows XP please see the article: NTLDR is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

Windows 7 Logo filename is compressed windows 7 error

After switching on your computer or after restarting Windows 7 you receive the error ‘filename’ is compressed. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart on a black screen with white writing when trying to boot into Windows.

The ‘filename’ is different on different systems but the following have been reported:

BootMgr is compressed.  Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart.QXHDK is compressed.  Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart.NTLDR is compressed.  Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart.DFJEU is compressed.  Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart.VUFEI is compressed.  Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart.DGKAR is compressed.  Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart.

A bug in Windows 7 file compression is causing this problem.  We can solve the problem by decompressing the hard disk as shown below.

1.   Boot to the Windows System Recovery Options screen.  If you don’t know how to do that the see this article: Windows 7 or Vista System Recovery Options
2.   On the System Recovery Options screen click LOAD DRIVERS button.

Windows 7 System Recovery Options Screen Load Drivers

3.   On the left, click Computer.  You should now see your Local Disk C: on the right.
4.   Right click Local Disk C: and click Properties.
5.   At the bottom of the properties box, deselect the box that says Compress this drive to save space.
6.   Another window will pop up asking you to confirm the attribute change. (the windows might get a bit messy so you’ll just have to move them around the screen so you can see them properly)
7.   Select Apply changes to drive C:, subfolder and files and click OK
8.   Now I would suggest waiting.  You will not see a progress dialog as it uncompresses the drive so give it a few minutes until your hard disk stops showing activity.
9.   When finished, cancel all remaining dialog boxes and restart the computer.


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