Archiving and compression of files in Windows before extracting

Powershell

Compress-Archive -LiteralPath C:\Windows\temp\lsass.dmp -DestinationPath C:\Windows\temp\lsass.zip
ls C:\Windows\temp\lsass.zip

* Unzipping in Linux with unzip lsass.zip does not always work, try 7z x lsass.zip

Download 7za.exe from 7zip
- Download the standable version. Usually contains the description: "7-Zip Extra: standalone console version, 7z DLL, Plugin for Far Manager"
Run on target machine (Windows)
```
echo PASSWORD_FOR_ZIP_FILE| 7za.exe a -mhe -p zip_file_name C:\target\folder\*
```
- Note: Make sure PASSWORD_FOR_ZIP_FILE is next to the “|” pipe symbol, no space in between. If it has space in between, you have to include the space in the password

Check disk space/partition before archiving a large file or folder
```
echo list volume|diskpart
```
In case of timeouts given the limited shell when archiving large files
- Create a batch file:
```
archive.bat
echo PASSWORD_FOR_ZIP_FILE| 7za.exe a -mhe -p zip_file_name C:\target\folder\*
```
- Run the batch file with start /b archive.bat