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Thread: Whats the best file compressor

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    Whats the best file compressor. Is there one better then zip, rar, ace? I need the best compressor cause im making a back up of all my stuff and right now I just need a program free or not that can do the highest compression.

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    iMartin's Avatar ♥Home Grown♥ BT Rep: +9BT Rep +9
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    You could try UPX.



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    zapjb's Avatar Computer Abuser BT Rep: +3
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    7zip

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    Winrar

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    winrar


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    Winrar is pretty popular but as I know of, the 7zip is a bit tighter,
    and 7zip is free, opensource.


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    Altho not opensource you still can use the program (winzip, winrar) even you have passed the evaluation time.

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    i used winrar and compressed this file all it did was go 7 mbs down and the program was 100 mbs so it sucks!!

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    Bebi's Avatar Super Duper Member
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    what do you want, 1Kb compression


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    Well ive seen some programs that come with games compressed so far like it was origionally 5 gbs compressed to like less then 1 gb and they didn't use the common compressors it would open up in like dos or something.

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