text: when zipping files??? when working with zip files...do you delete the original item that you just zipped or will it not open if you delete the original??  becauwse i've so much stuff saved on my computer and don't have enough money to get an update on my gigabytes for my computer i'm needing to zip stuff.  my computer is saying its running out of hard drive disk space.  help!!!!! yes, delete the original.  there would be no point in zipping a file if it required the original to work.  also, look in your temp folder(s) and delete temporary files, they can take up a lot of space.  don't forget to clear your browser cache, too, and/or set it to not keep a whole lot.  this may make browsing a little slower (or a lot slower depending on your connection speed), but it will keep the disk from filling up with stuff you've seen on the web.