Posted September 20, 2018 Hi My question here is whether or not I could save my storage data by just zipping huge files by creating zipped folder in Windows, no software download. Or zip files comes into play only when I attempt to send that data to someone, so that the data is being compressed thus enabling faster data upload .. Also, perhabs there are better alternatives, softwares which could compress data significantly , and that way saving data volumes on storages like ssd's, which aren't yet so cheap.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2018 You can't use the data once you zip it, so unless you're just archiving data you won't have to use at all, I don't see a use case here. PC Specs - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - MSI B550M Mortar - 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4-3600 @ CL16 - ASRock RX7800XT - 660p 1TBGB & Crucial P5 1TB - Fractal Define Mini C - CM V750v2 - Windows 11 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 20, 2018 Don't brother unless you want to send files or for archive use. Plus you won't able to use file once zip. Magical Pineapples