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 Nov 4 2005, 05:37 PM
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-=Hybrid Bus=-  Group: Members Posts: 742 Joined: 2-November 05 From: My hybrid bus (in NYC), a computer Member No.: 13,709   |
7-Zip is a wonderful little program for windows that can compress and decompress files in .tar, tar.gz, .zip, Bzip2, and 7z formats. The interface is a little clumsy: Instead of opening a compressd file, you browse your hard drive and compressed files as if the program were a file manager. Cost: free. You can download 7-Zip from sourceforge.net.
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Nov 4 2005, 06:01 PM
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Newbie [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 2-November 05 From: Netherlands Member No.: 13,720 |
Remenber only one thing for people that compress a lot. 7-zip takes (a lot) more time for compressing to and extracting from archives.
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Nov 4 2005, 11:43 PM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 4,300 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Linix, DOS and Windows…the good, the bad and the ugly Member No.: 9,787 myCENT:46.50 |
And how many times do you un-zip the same file? Compared to downlosding the un-zipped version, it is probably still faster...
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Nov 5 2005, 12:09 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: 12-September 05 Member No.: 11,779 |
Took me ages to compress a file with maximum compression. But the result worth it. 7z also open other type of files other than it's own 7z archieve. eg. rar, zip, etc.
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Nov 5 2005, 02:09 PM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 17-July 05 From: hong kong Member No.: 9,520 |
QUOTE(pawitp @ Nov 5 2005, 08:09 AM) Took me ages to compress a file with maximum compression. But the result worth it. 7z also open other type of files other than it's own 7z archieve. eg. rar, zip, etc.  It sounds good.  Let me try to install it ~~ (I am using WinRaR) |
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Nov 12 2005, 04:50 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 13-July 05 Member No.: 9,394 |
It really takes a lot more time to compress and decompress but... As you noticed it compresses sometimes up to 25 percent better than even win rara and winace.
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