Preventing Windows XP from trying to compress TrueCrypt volumes

[curious guy]

Every time I move a TrueCrypt volume, Windows XP Home tries to
compress it and I have to uncompress it before I can use it with
TrueCrypt. This takes a LONG time.

Is there any way I can make Windows XP not try to compress any file
with the extension "tc"?

[John Wunderlich]

Post by curious guy
Every time I move a TrueCrypt volume, Windows XP Home tries to
compress it and I have to uncompress it before I can use it with
TrueCrypt. This takes a LONG time.
Is there any way I can make Windows XP not try to compress any file
with the extension "tc"?

From what I read in "Best practices for NTFS compression in Windows"

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/251186/EN-US/>

The solution is not to enable compression on the whole or root drive
but instead only enable compression on select folders. Then placing a
file in a non-compressed area should prevent this problem.

HTH,
John