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What does compress a file mean?

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Compress old files means that some files the windows system thinks you havnt accessed for a while (such as files in 'program files' or 'WINDOWS') gets compressed. this will not move the files to a 'zip' or '7zip' files. itll just be compressed in the folder it was in!!!!!!

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The logical size of a file is reduced to save disk space for easier and faster transmission over a network or the internet

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