How to compress files or folders, which help to reduce its size.

Hello again ! Today I'm going to teach you to compress your files or folder which help to reduce its size, So as to save space in the disk drive of your computer without any problem and you can keep more files on your disk. 

Lets do it..

There are two method for compressing :-

1. Compress the file with the built in window tools.

To Compress Files  or Folders.

1. Locate the file or folder that you want to compress.
2. Right-click the file or folder, point to Send to, and then click Compressed (zipped) folder.
   A new compressed folder is created in the same location. To rename it, right-click the folder, click Rename, and then type the new name.

To Extract File and Folders from  a Compressed folders. 

1. Locate the compressed folder that you want to extract files or folders from.
2. Do one of the following:
   • To extract a single file or folder, double-click the compressed folder to open it. Then, drag the file or folder from the compressed folder to a new location.
   • To extract the entire contents of the compressed folder, right-click the folder, click Extract All, and then follow the instructions.

Notes

• If you add encrypted files to a compressed folder, the files will be unencrypted when extracted, which might result in unintentional disclosure of personal or sensitive information. For that reason, you should avoid compressing encrypted files.

 

 

2. Compress with the help of WinRAR file achiever and compressor

By using WinRAR, A perfect file achiever and Compressor which is used to compressed the file with reducing its file size. 

1.You may also download it from >> Here

2. When your software download you  may install the software and then open it.

To compress Files and folders

• First, choose a name you want to call your archived file by entering it in the “Archive name” field.
• Then choose the archive format. Either RAR or ZIP format is fine.
• Then you choose the compression method. The better the compression, the lower the file size will be, for easy transfer and upload.
• In the upper-right corner of the window, click “Browse” to set a destination for the new archived file.

To Extract Files and folders.

You can also extract files to a specific folder by clicking “Extract to” in the toolbar at the top after selecting the desired files. Then your system will let you choose a specific folder to put the files in.


I hope you will understand my point and you will be well used.

Thank you.