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Offline Baz

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RAR
« on: October 28, 2007, 10:36 »
Hi all,

quick question........what do you recommend for opening/playing RAR files

thanks

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Re: RAR
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2007, 10:47 »
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Re: RAR
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2007, 13:06 »
I've been using ALZip for some time and it's been fine.  8-)

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Re: RAR
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2007, 13:10 »
Even better as it's free, Cam.   ;)
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Re: RAR
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2007, 15:23 »
I've been using ALZip for some time and it's been fine.  8-)

trying this one at the moment, seems very easy to use and fast ;D

Offline davy51

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Re: RAR
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2007, 22:33 »
i use 7zip its also free and fast

it opens just about any file
RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS



http://www.7-zip.org/




a comparison chart


Archiver     Mozilla Firefox     Google Earth
161 files
15,684,168 bytes    115 files
23,530,652 bytes
Compressed size    Ratio    Compressed size    Ratio
7-Zip 4.23 (7z format)    4621135    100%    6109183    100%
WinRAR 3.50    5021556    109%    6824892    112%
CABARC 5.1    5131393    111%    7434325    122%
WinZip 10.0 beta (maximum-PPMd)    5277118    114%    8200708    134%
7-Zip 4.23 (zip format)    6222627    135%    8909446    146%
WinZip 10.0 beta (maximum-portable)    6448666    140%    9153898    150%



« Last Edit: October 28, 2007, 22:38 by davy51 »
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Re: RAR
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2007, 19:19 »
I've been using ALZip for some time and it's been fine.  8-)

yes this is good ...........so far

Do you use any of their other software Camstop? if so whats it like.

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Re: RAR
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2007, 19:30 »
yes this is good ...........so far

Do you use any of their other software Camstop? if so whats it like.


No i haven't tried anything else, but i'm sure i seen this recommended somewhere and would expect their other software would be worth a try if you required it.  :dunno:















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