Nik Simpson wrote:
Ron wrote:

I was wondering if the files can be compressed on memory stick type
USB drive as if it were a hard drive or does the current arcitecture
already employ some type of compression?
For storing JPEG files, the compression is already there (per file).
So, for at least the original use of these memory devices, futher
compression should not expect to find a lot of redundancy.

For other uses, therefore, compression should help.