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I have the same question 0. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Gerry C J Cornell. When you copy or move a compressed NTFS file to a different folder, NTFS decompresses the file, copies or moves the file to the new location, and then recompresses the file.

If the file is copied to a FAT32 drive then the file is not being compressed again after being copied. If you do not want to compress the entire drive, but still want to compress some folders, you can select them manually by right clicking on the folder you wish to compress and select properties. Press and hold or right-click the file or folder, select or point to Send to , and then select Compressed zipped folder. A new zipped folder with the same name is created in the same location.

To rename it, press and hold or right-click the folder, select Rename , and then type the new name. To unzip a single file or folder, open the zipped folder, then drag the file or folder from the zipped folder to a new location. To unzip all the contents of the zipped folder, press and hold or right-click the folder, select Extract All , and then follow the instructions.

If you add encrypted files to a zipped folder, they'll be unencrypted when they're unzipped, which might result in unintentional disclosure of personal or sensitive information. For that reason, we recommend that you avoid zipping encrypted files. Some types of files, like JPEG images, are already highly compressed.

If you zip several JPEG pictures into a folder, the total size of the folder will be about the same as the original collection of pictures.