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Software to compress files

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satyen_abrol Original post #1
Dec 12, 2005 at 3:11 PM
hi friends

does anyone know of any software that can be used to compress files so that there size becomes small...

thanks
V
Dec 12, 2005 at 6:34 PM
i think winrar compresses it the MAX
QwertyManiac
Dec 12, 2005 at 6:45 PM
^^
Then u must try UHARC ;)
filecompress.altervista.org

Its ULTRA HIGH ARCHIVING !
ramprasad
Dec 13, 2005 at 9:48 AM
Try Zipgenius and Filzip.
Both are free and support multiople formats....
coolendra
Dec 14, 2005 at 1:37 PM
Hey Winzip is the ultimate software

no questions !!!!!!
P
Dec 15, 2005 at 2:36 PM
Try the Powerarchiver 2006. It offers quite a large number of format. Although not of much use, as the most widely accepted ( the best ) format is Rar. So, even winrar is gr8.
It offers the best combination of speed and compression.
Amargusain
Dec 15, 2005 at 5:46 PM
Hey Satyen,

I'd go w/ QwertyManiac's reply.
U hv all the solutions listed, but my choice is WinZip for its sheer ease of usage.

Give it a shot .. you wont repent it one bit.
Lemme know wat u think.

Ciao,
~Amar
knight17
Dec 17, 2005 at 11:12 AM
WinRAR is the best it can handle both RAR and ZIp
file formats and offer greater compression than winzip
if you cant belive try it yourself.
Winrar have advanced features like ability to browse ISO file.[It is the tool for Advanced users]
But the interface is not good as winzip but who cares ?
premsharma
Dec 22, 2005 at 12:58 PM
QwertyManiac said:
^^
Then u must try UHARC ;)
filecompress.altervista.org

Its ULTRA HIGH ARCHIVING !

No way, any other sofware is near to UHARC. Winrar & WinZip are far behind the UHARC. It is ultra high compression utility, basically for multimedia. There are many games, which otherwise fits into 2-3 cds but using this utility they can be made to fil in one cd itself. I downloaded a prerelease nero 7, which was compressed to 77 mb by uharc for ease of download and when i exracted it, I was surprised to see it as 548 mb.

Thus UHARC is the ultimate compressing software.
shaunak
shaunak #11
Dec 22, 2005 at 6:31 PM
my vote goes to zip genius. its free to download and run adn supports a ton of compression formats