Compressed file too large to open?

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I had a file with loads of stuff in it. I'm transferring info to a new
system so I thought to compress the file using the windows zip feature.

When I saw how big the zipped file is, like 498mB, I realized I should have
broken it into smaller chunks, discarded every file not needed and try
again. Wellll, it won't open because, I'm assuming, it's just too large.

Could that be why it won't open? If the zipped file is even larger than my
page file set on the system, that would stop it, right? Is there any way I
can recover the files in the zip? Stupid, stupid me I deleted the originals
because I thought they were safely zipped and ready to go :(

Any help or suggestions from anyone?

TIA,
Mary


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