(OT) Zip Programs

mottlee · #1 April 17th, 2003, 08:01 PM

I have been looking for the past 3 days rying to rember just where in the He*l this was at, a discussion on zip programs, there was mensioned another other than WinZip and I can not find the dang thing! some one PLEASE HELP me to keep from loosing what is left of my hair!

[ April 17, 2003, 19:03: Message edited by: mottlee ]

Fyron · #2 April 17th, 2003, 08:19 PM

www.rarlabs.com

I think the discussion was in the Official Image Collection thread (or whatever the Image Mod thread is called...).

[ April 17, 2003, 19:20: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Baron Munchausen · #3 April 17th, 2003, 08:23 PM

First of all, there is a Zip for Windows from PKware, the inventors of ZIP format. It's just called 'PKZip for Windows' as far as I know. Find it at www.pkware.com IIRC?

There is also Quickzip, which handles lots of other formats but it's a little bit buggy. It can't handle multi-file archives in RAR format, even though it claims it can for example. And it will skip several files when extracting a ZIP if it hits a file with a bad CRC, which means you need another program to extract the file(s) it skips.

Still, it's nice in many ways. I do use it. Find it at www.quickzip.org if you want to try it.

Fyron · #4 April 17th, 2003, 08:25 PM

WinRAR handles all archive formats and does them better than (or equal to) most programs. It is most certainly better at compressing files than WinZip is.

Ruatha · #5 April 17th, 2003, 08:45 PM

My favorite is PowerArchiver, used to be free, I think it's freeware now.
it mergers better with the windows shell than the others , my opinion. Especially handy when unzipping many files at once bu right clicking on them.
Also handles most formats.
WinRAR is good to but I haven't used that one for almost a year now.

mottlee · #6 April 17th, 2003, 08:58 PM

Thanks for the replys when I get home...D/L time