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theboykidney

08-10-2005, 12:04 PM

Im finding more and more that Winrar is pretty unreliable when it comes to archiving stuff. I often get errors when unpacking a rar'd file.

Im wondering if anyone else finds this, and is there a rock solid compression format out there that can be relied upon?

Cheers, TBK

deathman20

08-10-2005, 01:00 PM

I've never had an issue with Rar, but WinACE would be another program to try. I like using WinACE alot more then WinRar, but each program has its uses.

DaForce

08-11-2005, 03:54 AM

I have used Winrar exclusively for the past 2 years, and have never had any decompression problems what so ever. And i would have put 100's of gigs thru it.
A simple trick is to add a recovery record to each archive when you make it so if for some reason it does get screwed up you can easily repair the archive back to its original state.

tibes

08-11-2005, 07:40 AM

I believe best compression currently is BZip2, which is supported by a bunch of different apps. (google it :) )

theboykidney

08-11-2005, 09:57 AM

ahh, gotta investigate this recovery record thing...

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