Application allows the user to save disk space offering smart transparent NTFS files compression. FileThin NTFS allows you to save disk space by using the full-transparent file compression on NTFS-volumes (running on Windows 2000 and older). The program has many options: the lists of files for compression / exclude files by type, folder exceptions, automatically determines the minimum size of the file and allows you to select the maximum file size compression makes it possible to configure the compression of encrypted files. The program has a manual mode, and allows you to compress files when you create, copy or modify (and retry if it fails to do so earlier), speaking wise replacement of the standard features of Windows to compress the new files on all NTFS drives, allowing you to avoid unwanted waste of resources to compress files, music, video, data files and other compressed files are not measurable.

Essentially, it employs standard NTFS files compression enhanced with the support for:
1. advanced filtering conditions (type-based file lists for compression/exclusion, excluded folders);
2. automatic detection of minimum file size and user-defined maximum file size for compression;
3. customizable handling of encrypted files, etc.

How does it work?
New Technology File System (NTFS) supports files compression. It's a variant of the LZ77 algorithm, allowinf a transparent read-write access to compressed files. Single-user systems with limited hard disk space can benefit from NTFS compression. The slowest link in a computer is not the CPU but the speed of the hard drive, so NTFS compression allows the limited, slow storage space to be better used, in terms of both space and (often) speed. NTFS compression can also serve as a replacement for sparse files when a program (e. g. a download manager) is not able to create files without content as sparse files.

Why FileThin NTFS?
While acting as a smarter replacement of the standard Windows ability to compress new files on NTFS volumes, the application uses custom settings to avoid wasting CPU time in attempts to compress archives, music, video and other data files that are packed already.

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this disk management software.