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    Just wanted to ask you guys if anyone know which archiver is the best? ok ok I know it´s not the best thing to do when sharing, preview wont work and so on but not much of a choice space space space always trying to get more space

    I got so much of movies, mpeg, avi etc that i cant just throw away (or maybe I should buy a new HD , but until then dont have the heart to chuck them and I just need to share them with you guys

    I´ve been trying RAR but it doesn´t seem to be that effective and it´s slow as well.
    So i said to myself, why should I sit here trying to compress the same file over and over again to see which archiver is the best when I have a whole bunch of storageholics to ask here

    So what you think, rar, zip, arj, ace or......

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    DarthInsinuate's Avatar Died in battle
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    movie files are pretty well compressed the way they are now
    the best compression ratio you'll get is just under 1%

    but if you're really desperate use 7-zip, and find another way to free up disk space

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    Don't bother compressing your archives, you won't save much space. Though, RAR is still the best format in my opinion. Its slow, but it works.
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    Thanks,

    Think i´m going to give 7-zip a try, looked ok if it perform as well as it said on their homepage

    Bye the way Jibbler, how much do you want for you space just kidding

    I have a 120GB serial ata coming in next month so that will fix it but until then this is going to drive me C R A Z Y

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    Well said infamousalbo101, we all agree to your xlnt staement

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    Originally posted by Jibbler@23 July 2003 - 00:30
    Don't bother compressing your archives, you won't save much space. Though, RAR is still the best format in my opinion. Its slow, but it works.
    rar is best out there ^_^

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    Originally posted by vegeta@23 July 2003 - 13:23

    rar is best out there ^_^
    for people who still believe that: try 7-zip
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