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| 291195 | 2004-11-13 03:54:00 | howdy, what type of compression has the highest compression rate, for example does .rar compress better than .zip or .ace or what ever, im wanting to know because im going to back up my documents folder with my important stuff before i load linux. |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 291196 | 2004-11-13 04:04:00 | Some say this is http://www.7-zip.org/ |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 291197 | 2004-11-13 05:58:00 | Ive heard 7zip does too.... End of the day, it depends on what you're compressing. Video? Documents? Images? Applications? Device drivers? All are different..... Try a few, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and 7z would be what I recommend. Why do you wanna compress it for backups? Why not backup uncompressed?? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 291198 | 2004-11-13 06:02:00 | As chilli mentioned,Back it up uncompressed. To many times people find they can't open their compressed backup,and then all is lost. |
metla (154) | ||
| 291199 | 2004-11-13 06:04:00 | Why do you wanna compress it for backups? Why not backup uncompressed?? so i can put the most on cds, just brought another pack of cds so yeah, ill check winrar and 7s out |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 291200 | 2004-11-13 06:42:00 | i would use recovery optoins as well in case you get a damaged cd. it makes the files a bit bigger but increases the odds of you getting data back if anything gets damaged. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 291201 | 2004-11-13 06:54:00 | Make sure that you test ALL of your backups. A backup is not a backup if you can't access your files. ;-) | Susan B (19) | ||
| 291202 | 2004-11-13 07:00:00 | I agree with previous comments, hence the question. Why not just goto QMB or the likes and get some bulk CD-R's? They're under $20 for a 50-pack! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 291203 | 2004-11-13 07:09:00 | no fear, no fear mr silence, i brought a pack of 20 cdrs and ill just do it that way, over and out :p |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 291204 | 2004-11-13 09:43:00 | and when you buy cd's for 40 cents each you get .... | ApeNz (4220) | ||
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