Best packing program

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 13 Nov 2004, 18:02

Let's decide.

Post by **SveinR** » 13 Nov 2004, 18:07

This is just a hands down win for winRAR.

RAR is faster
RAR packs more efficiently
RAR files does not get corrupt as often as ZIP
winRAR can open loads more file extensions
winRAR can still make those .zip files you crave for

Napoleon · Post by **Napoleon** » 13 Nov 2004, 18:09

yes -> winRARARARARARARAR

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 13 Nov 2004, 19:13

rar all the way, icant stand zip

psteve · Post by **psteve** » 13 Nov 2004, 19:24

voted zip, believe rar is better. please explain.

The_BoneLESS · Post by **The_BoneLESS** » 13 Nov 2004, 20:07

ZIP

( it works fine for me )

Boss27 · Post by **Boss27** » 13 Nov 2004, 20:21

zip zip zip

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 13 Nov 2004, 21:15

WinRAR & WinZIP = T0NT
PowerArchiver = 1337

But when talking about extensions,
I use *.zip more than *.rar

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 13 Nov 2004, 22:22

I mean, omg why would you use WinZip, if winrar has it all and more. I dont remember winzip could handle tar or something like that. And tar is used very often.

In linux there was some prgram called K.. something and there was like many kinds of archives like *.zoo *.jar *.par etc.

King · Post by **King** » 13 Nov 2004, 22:37

winrar

Juski · Post by **Juski** » 13 Nov 2004, 22:42

WinRAR

psteve · Post by **psteve** » 14 Nov 2004, 00:29

is stuffit .zip? i use stuffit.

Napoleon · Post by **Napoleon** » 14 Nov 2004, 01:05

well winRAR can do ALL winzip can, and more
its like teh expansion version of winzip ;O

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 14 Nov 2004, 10:08

Of the two programs winrar is better. But I like the file type zip better. Caus you don't need a program to make or open it in XP.

MJXII · Post by **MJXII** » 14 Nov 2004, 12:39

WinRAR seems to be the best, followed quite closely by WinACE.

Revolt · Post by **Revolt** » 15 Nov 2004, 09:29

I prefer winzip

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 16 Nov 2004, 15:00

But PowerArchiver handles them ALL - tar tar.gz zip rar cab arj and the rest

milagros · Post by **milagros** » 16 Nov 2004, 15:47

zip is bigger standard so i use it

Post by **SveinR** » 16 Nov 2004, 15:59

milagros wrote:zip is bigger standard so i use it

Well. It's not about the standard but the program. And was it about the standard there would be no reason to exclude winRAR even if you like .zip better since winRAR handles .zip just as well as winZip

epp · Post by **epp** » 16 Nov 2004, 16:06

just rar it!

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 16 Nov 2004, 20:23

8-ball wrote:But PowerArchiver handles them ALL - tar tar.gz zip rar cab arj and the rest

K...something did that too, I think that is linux quality.

But I don't know how it's with winRAR.

(btw, I think there were two progs in linux, K...something and archive roller)

Post by **SveinR** » 16 Nov 2004, 21:33

tijsjoris wrote:
8-ball wrote:But PowerArchiver handles them ALL - tar tar.gz zip rar cab arj and the rest
K...something did that too, I think that is linux quality.
But I don't know how it's with winRAR.

WinRAR handles .rar, .zip, .cab, .arj, .lzh, .ace, 7-ZIP, .tar, GZip, .uue, .bz2, .jar, .iso and Z

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 16 Nov 2004, 21:55

OK, then some files aren't extracted with winRAR, but those seem almost enough for me. At least in our tox windows system.

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 17 Nov 2004, 10:17

winzip is crap. dunno if winrar can do .ace files now, it couldnt before anyway. i use winace, ez better than power archiver and winrar. and you can compress in .zip, .rar, or .ace.

MJXII · Post by **MJXII** » 17 Nov 2004, 12:32

I'm pretty sure winrar can handle ace files ^_^

Zweq · Post by **Zweq** » 17 Nov 2004, 12:37

i have both installed, but i use the prog that is defined to open zip rar files etc and looks like its zip, so i always use zip eventhou i have much better experiences with rar. dont give a fuck actually, both are ok

milagros · Post by **milagros** » 17 Nov 2004, 12:38

best is to have some plugin for some commander

dz · Post by dz » 18 Nov 2004, 08:38

I personally feel rar files are better as SveinR said but still when I quickly pack something relatively small I tend to use zip files, I guess it's just how I've used to, zips has been there since dos times pkzip, pkunzip and so on.

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » 25 Nov 2004, 11:21

Q: Which program is needed to handle an .nzb file?

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 25 Nov 2004, 15:47

http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/10/ ... -384.shtml
check this program out.

Best packing program

WinZip or WinRAR

Best packing program