how to zip similar files using python?

Opening an Invalid/Corrupted ZIP file?

• I recently had to move files from one computer to another one, the computer I'm using now. The files in question totaled somewhere around 20+ GB, if I remember correctly. A while back, I compressed these files to save space on my computer until I could afford a memory upgrade for my hard drive. I needed to open these files today, so I tried to open them using the 'Explore' option so i wouldn't have to extract the files and then re-zip them, but I got the 'Invalid or Corrupted' file error. So I tried to extract the file, and got the same message. The ZIP file in question is 4,195,474 KB. I've tried everything I know to do, but as good as my computer skills are, I cannot seem to open this file! I'm absolutely stumped. I already deleted the unzipped files and have since emptied my recycle bin, so I can't restore the files at this moment. The computer that these files had been stored on has already been wiped of those particular files, so I have no backup files. I need to get into that folder, but I don't know how! Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

• Answer:

  Try to drag any one file out of the zip file to any directory. If it is working, u r lucky. If it shows an error, u didnt made the zip file properly.