How to mount an archive file as a virtual drive in Windows?

Question

Windows

I have a lot of small files on my hard drive (but there are still more large ones, because when formatting I set the maximum sector size), as a result, quite a lot of space is spent on FS overheads. In addition, many files are duplicates, and more than 95% of files never change.
This suggests that it would be great to make some quick-to-read archive (yes, even the same ZIP) and mount it as a virtual disk.
What is the best way to do this? I know only one way - WinMount. Please advise if anyone else knows.

Answer 1

1.Total commander or any of its clones allow you to rummage through the archives.
2. NTFS in Windows has zip compression out of the box. UPD 3. There are programs like
winarchiver virtual drive and pismo file mount but with drawbacks - they mount
r \ o, do not understand formats, etc. then you bite off part of your magic in the settings, set NTFS compression and move all unnecessary files there, but the efficiency will be small.

Answer 2

Do you understand the meaning of the archiver?)) Run through the file, find dependencies, reduce it into a reversible formula.
There are no archivers on the fly, unless they are completely shitty. You can make a compressed disk image, but it will be read-only.
What are the files? And what other overheads? They may not make sense to reap.