7-Zip's compression method tends to produce bigger file sizes.
7-Zip's compression method tends to produce bigger file sizes.
The process may adjust and reduce the size later, but it depends on how compression works and whether the data becomes redundant.
I'm focusing on the specific details you're asking about.
Because other archives and videos don't compress that well—or at all—this is what I'm clarifying.
It would be unexpected that the compressed version becomes larger than some original files. Compression tends to work best when you're merging many small files rather than just one large one. Therefore, the resulting file might not shrink significantly compared to what you started with.
I'm interested in observing how things progress here. Please wait while the archive completes its compression and let us compare the current size to the previous 47GB. I still believe it won't shrink significantly, but it should speed up transferring the data once everything is bundled into a single archive.
Sorry to hear that. The hard drive was full and it stopped deleting files during compression.
No problem at all. I’m not sure if any tools exist for this, but I understand your concern about losing data during compression.