Senbonzakura Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Hi everyone, i have a question about WinRar and Winzip:What is actually the difference between those two programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Probably only the name and the GUI? What's the difference between WinZIP/WinRAR and 7-Zip? Probably nothing :think: But I may be wrong of course...EDIT: I can tell the difference between WinRAR and 7-Zip ... 7-Zip can't open files inside the archive for me, while WinRAR can run and open files from within the archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 9, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 9, 2009 Well it speaks for itself. You cannot say it has more differences but you may say that winzip is expert in .zip and winrar is expert in .rar. Both can do both properly if my knowledge is concerned. But for me I will always be on 7zip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiro Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 u can open ZIP files with windows (without third party programs);) That's 1 of the big difference.. if you want to open .rar files etc.. you'll need WinRar.. if you want to open .zip files.. Windows can extract it. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 u can open ZIP files with windows (without third party programs);) That's 1 of the big difference.. if you want to open .rar files etc.. you'll need WinRar.. if you want to open .zip files.. Windows can extract it. :lol:You don't need WinRAR exclusively for rar files. Almost any third party app can do it (7zip, winrar, winzip etc.)Btw, looking at the tables silencer gave, I'd say the best is going to be decided between WinRAR and 7-Zip. 7z can compress into a few more formats, but WinRAR can read some more formats. WRAR also has more features.It all comes down to taste... for example if you need to compress gzip archives, then you need 7-Zip. If you want to read ACE files, then you need WRAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 therefore Winrar wins the race my friend.By far the most widely used.If u want better compression u can try StuffIt2009.its osum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiro Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 u can open ZIP files with windows (without third party programs);) That's 1 of the big difference.. if you want to open .rar files etc.. you'll need WinRar.. if you want to open .zip files.. Windows can extract it. :lol:You don't need WinRAR exclusively for rar files. Almost any third party app can do it (7zip, winrar, winzip etc.)Btw, looking at the tables silencer gave, I'd say the best is going to be decided between WinRAR and 7-Zip. 7z can compress into a few more formats, but WinRAR can read some more formats. WRAR also has more features.It all comes down to taste... for example if you need to compress gzip archives, then you need 7-Zip. If you want to read ACE files, then you need WRAR.zip files can be opened by windows itself.. no need for programs.. I'm talking about, IF you don't have third party programs @ ur pc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 9, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 9, 2009 I agree with you manpe and Haantjuh. As far as windows is concerned, after downloadin a third party, people completely forget about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 u can open ZIP files with windows (without third party programs);) That's 1 of the big difference.. if you want to open .rar files etc.. you'll need WinRar.. if you want to open .zip files.. Windows can extract it. :lol:You don't need WinRAR exclusively for rar files. Almost any third party app can do it (7zip, winrar, winzip etc.)Btw, looking at the tables silencer gave, I'd say the best is going to be decided between WinRAR and 7-Zip. 7z can compress into a few more formats, but WinRAR can read some more formats. WRAR also has more features.It all comes down to taste... for example if you need to compress gzip archives, then you need 7-Zip. If you want to read ACE files, then you need WRAR.zip files can be opened by windows itself.. no need for programs.. I'm talking about, IF you don't have third party programs @ ur pc..I'm talking about rars... you said you need WRAR to open rar files. I said you don't need WRAR, you can have it because most of the other programs can open it too (winzip, 7-zip etc.)I know the fact that windows can open zip files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiro Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Ah yea.. my bad :lol: Understood it different.. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senbonzakura Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 Everyone, thanks for the answers! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterUploader Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 winzip can encrypt files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 winzip can encrypt filesWikipedia shows that so can wrar and 7zip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Yeah so does the full version of WinZip 12.. I never actually got WinZip 12.. I used WinRAR, and 7-Zip, because I had of archives and files created by other people.. and they usually do the trick.. I have seen 7-Zip compress somethings much smaller that WinRAR, and WinZip.. as far as the compression engine is concerned I am not sure, one of the 1's and 0's guy needs to answer that part..LOL.. BUT I also got PowerArchiver fro this site and it has a nice GUI worked into Office 07.. and seems to handle quite a wide range of file types....but I think that it interferes with the normal operation of WinRAR.. but I could be wrong.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 9, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 9, 2009 7zip and Winzip can also make files encrypted, they can also split in to 100, 100 each or similar.7zip can do extreme compression. I would say it is the best compressor after KGB Archiver. :yes:For the people who don't know what is KGB Archiver, it can compress a file to it's extreme, it can take hours to compression/decompression. I have seen files that are compressed from 1-2GB to about 50-100 MB or even more less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaKa WaKa Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 http://www.maximumcompression.com/index.htmlThe best is PAQ8ph and PAQ8px, but its commandline and its slower than KGB.KGB uses PAQ6 (older) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 @WakaWakatnx..gud to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 10, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 10, 2009 Yea. Really great guide. :) . Will take some time to read it. But it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaKa WaKa Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I used FreeArc to RIP 1 game... "Brothers In Arms Hells Highway". The original ISO is 6.2 GB, then i installed the game and for some reson (i must be drunk or something) i deleted the ISO. I compressed the installed folder to 4.2 GB and make some REG files to do an unattended an compressed install.Fits on a DVD :pirate: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 gud work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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