If a .zip file contains all of the information of the original, just in less space, why does it have to be unzipped to access any of it?

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If a .zip file contains all of the information of the original, just in less space, why does it have to be unzipped to access any of it?

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In the old days rhere was a program called stacker that did this to the whole hard drive. The problem is it takes longer to read the information. Window can actually do this as well.