MarkT2256 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 What archive program do you guys use and can recommend? I personally use WinRAR since it can handle really big files and many archive types. It also is very fast and integrates itself into the shell very well. I listed the most used programs in the poll, and you can also post your comments below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknicknickandnick Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 I have the free WinZip because that's what a page was linked to when I first needed to open zip files.Lately, I downloaded a free thing called 7-zip because I got a 7z file that I had no idea what to do with. 7-zip can open rar files, so I haven't bothered paying for anything because I have no real need to make my own rar files.http://www.7-zip.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT2256 Posted July 17, 2003 Author Share Posted July 17, 2003 thats interesting... ive never heard of 7z files or that archiver, thanks for informing us, ill try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 WinRAR. It can create RAR (The best compression ratio) and ZIP files.I occasionally use WinZIP if I need to span ZIP files across floppy's (WinRAR can't do this with anything but RAR files for some odd reason), which I need to do with older computers I may deal with, like this 486 laptop I've got sitting here that I've been doing work for someone on. (Don't ask) You forgot #3 in the big name archiving tools btw. WinACE. As for 7zip, I've tested it, and read reviews. It's a buggy archiving tool and I don't recommend anyone use it.It's compression ratio is higher than WinRAR, but it's compression algorithym is unstable and can lead to corrupt packs more often than any other archiving tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamCastLover Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Winrar because it's just.........great For zips I just tend to use the standard Windows zip compression but most of the time I use rar because it has much better compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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