ripken204 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 what do you guys think that the best archive program is? like winrar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMurphy Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 (edited) winzip or winace. WinZip cuz it tightens up files more. Ace cuz it has a HUGE support list.[uPDATE]Never mind. WinRAR is the sickness. I shrunk a 254MB file to 32MUTHA-LOVIN' MB!!! Edited October 25, 2005 by m3n70r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 ^ lol, i wish more people would try more software before claiming one is the best. I would say probably WinRAR, because its easy to use and has a nice gui. But 7zip is the best really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted October 25, 2005 Author Share Posted October 25, 2005 i thought that this would be between 7zip and winrar, i currently use winrar and i pretty much love it, just wondering if anything was better. ive used 7zip a few times a while ago, i think ill give it another try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 7-Zip for me...but different archivers compress files differently in my opinion... most multimedia files get compressed more-so than lets say... batch files and text files less than 500k... so yeah...TugZip is also a good archiver... it looks really good, runs fast, easy to use interface, and its free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubar Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 (edited) overall WinRAR is by far the best as its just so much more useable. for high compression though id say 7z or UHAR.Edit: Completely Forgot about TugZip. excellent freeware program capable of creating many different archive types. Edited October 26, 2005 by ScubaSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war59312 Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 7zip followed closly behind by winrar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury_22 Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 PowerArchiver 2006, Version 9.5http://www.powerarchiver.com/download/powarc950.exeIn my opinion THE BEST! archiver solution !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jftuga Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 I like the WinRAR UI better than the 7zip interface - it just seemed more intuitive to me. Both command-line versions are great. I prefer Winrar's command-line program because of it's ability to have versioning of the same file with in the same archive. There is also a free version for unpacking, called unrar.exe. I was trying to use 7za to create differential backups (it compared a previous archive file and created a new archive file that only included new/changed files) but it kept crashing on me, giving me an internal error and I could never find anything on the 'net about this. After that, I switched to WinRAR.-John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 PowerArchiver 2006, Version 9.5http://www.powerarchiver.com/download/powarc950.exeIn my opinion THE BEST! archiver solution !!!It may be intergrated, but it gives horrible compression ratios. I used their "7-zip" compression, and it came out larger than WinRAR. I like the WinRAR UI better than the 7zip interface - it just seemed more intuitive to me. Both command-line versions are great. I prefer Winrar's command-line program because of it's ability to have versioning of the same file with in the same archive. There is also a free version for unpacking, called unrar.exe. I was trying to use 7za to create differential backups (it compared a previous archive file and created a new archive file that only included new/changed files) but it kept crashing on me, giving me an internal error and I could never find anything on the 'net about this. After that, I switched to WinRAR.-JohnAgreed. For my day-to-day archiving I use WinRAR. For those archives or silent installers I use 7-zip to get the highest compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juster Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 I just like WinRAR. i used RAR from DOS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury_22 Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 It may be intergrated, but it gives horrible compression ratios. I used their "7-zip" compression, and it came out larger than WinRAR. Did you check this 2006 version with "maximum compression" option? maybe it's compression ratios are not The Best around, but "horrible" come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Did you check this 2006 version with "maximum compression" option? maybe it's compression ratios are not The Best around, but "horrible" come on! Yup... did that. With 7-zip on an installer I got a compression ratio of 27.5%, while with PA2006 on maximum compression for 7-zip, I got 45%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouvda Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 JAR archiver is really curious and efficient for my works. but, not very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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