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| 483152 | 2006-09-07 12:08:00 | what is the best and maximum compressing software much better than winrar and winzip | sleuth (11045) | ||
| 483153 | 2006-09-07 12:38:00 | winrar is very good, others to look into 7zip, gzip | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 483154 | 2006-09-07 12:51:00 | thanks for the information AND !!!!THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT!!!!!!! | sleuth (11045) | ||
| 483155 | 2006-09-07 13:04:00 | :xmouth: and I didnt even try to compliment you. . |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 483156 | 2006-09-08 02:21:00 | I once used to look for the "best" compression software . After a while I gave up . It doesn't really matter . :D You will always manage to find a "better" compression method than the one you are using . Different files compress differently . I use whatever is the defacto standard for the OS . :D That pretty well means one of the "zip"s (based on Phil Karn's original) for DOS/Windows gzip or bzip2 for *nix . Apple or Acorn are different :D . RAR is fine, and becoming more popular . Winzip and Winrar are commercial (paid for ;) ) . Of course they both handle a number of different compression methods . The most important thing is that anyone you exchange files with has compatible software . The actual difference in size of compressed files is not very often important . As a rule, more compression means longer compression time . It also means less redundancy, so the chance of recovering the contents of a damaged file becomes even smaller . |
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