hid Posted November 5, 2006 CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 hey all please correct me if i'm wrong but does winzip or winrar make a file smaller through compressing it. so for e.g. if i have a 2GB file and i compress it with winzip - will that file become something like 1GB? I want to know this becouse i am planning to REBOOT my PC and i have quite a bit of stuff on it that i would like to keep - so i want to put these files onto my EX.hardrive. so i thought making them smaller and placing them onto ex.hardrive would help. My hardrive hasen't got much space in it so and there are loads of files i want to keep. Please help Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hid Posted November 5, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 If u could suggest any alternatives i could do to save my files and reboot PC. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted November 5, 2006 CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 yes winrar does make the files smaller, make sure you choose "best" compression to get the smallest file size... as for storing it temporarly to move, you could burn it to DVD's (if you have a dvd burner) or make a partition on your friends HDD and move the files there than transfer than back after you're done and delete the partition you created also, the compression rate depends what type of files you're compressing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted November 5, 2006 CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 It can only compress some files, not all will compress very well. Text will compress very well but video and exe files will not compress very well if at all in winrar or zip file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted November 5, 2006 CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 It doesn't decrease the file size very much, atleast for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted November 5, 2006 CID Share Posted November 5, 2006 Very simple rule to follow....if it ends in .zip, .rar, .mp? or any other compressed format there is little to no value in further compression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hid Posted November 6, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 6, 2006 so which one is best to use winrar or winzip or are they both the same. Also i'd be grateful if some1 could give me instructions on compressing these files please. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted November 6, 2006 CID Share Posted November 6, 2006 so which one is best to use winrar or winzip or are they both the same. Also i'd be grateful if some1 could give me instructions on compressing these files please. Thanks No one is best, they both work in about the same way, zip files are more common because it is built into every OS. I always use .zip for the main reason that no one has to download a app if they don't already have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted November 7, 2006 CID Share Posted November 7, 2006 i would not recomend compressing stuff because they can easily get corrupted and u lose whatever was zip up u can buy a 10 or 20 gig hard drive in a used computer store really cheap maybr if u got the bathwith try xdrive or steamload the later is better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted November 7, 2006 CID Share Posted November 7, 2006 Dark...I'm beg to think that those dark mirrored glasses are interfering with your ability to see the keyboard. It's okay to take them off at night ya know.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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