decompressing files

Aerozord · 06-12-2010, 02:07 PM

ok system was wiped and I forgot where I got my free decompressing program. anyone know of one for especially for .rar files?

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche · 06-12-2010, 03:45 PM

7zip is the one I use, and therefore the best.

Ironchew · 06-12-2010, 03:45 PM

Unrar should do the trick. (I'm assuming you're using Windows, other operating systems have a package install for this.)

bluestarultor · 06-12-2010, 04:40 PM

7-Zip is probably the best option on the market. It has superior compression and can decompress pretty much anything. It's also free.

The only thing I'm not sure of is if it can decompress things split into volumes.

Aerozord · 06-12-2010, 05:46 PM

well thankfully internet speeds are high enough that its rare to find things split into volumes.

so where do I go for 7-zip? I'd rather not accidently go to a virus embedded version

bluestarultor · 06-12-2010, 05:57 PM

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

And what I meant has nothing to do with Internet. If you were using WinRAR, there would have been an option to split the things you were compressing into volumes, or separate parts of the same file. Doing this means you can store a large amount of data safely on discs or something without wasting any space, but it also means that some files might themselves be split apart, which doesn't lend itself to functionality. If you did this, you need to make sure you get software that treats all the compressed volumes as a single file like WinRAR does.

Eltargrim · 06-12-2010, 06:53 PM

...or he could just get WinRAR lulz

bluestarultor · 06-12-2010, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Eltargrim

...or he could just get WinRAR lulz

Yeah, but last I checked, that was US$50 a pop.

I mean, yeah, to reactivate it, all he needs is his registration code, but he obviously doesn't have it anymore if he's asking about alternatives.

Edit: Or maybe he just had some unknown free program that compressed to .RAR format. I'm not sure I've ever heard of any that did other than WinRAR itself, so I can't exactly help him there.

Eltargrim · 06-12-2010, 07:06 PM

While WinRAR would certainly like to you to purchase and activate it, it has never deactivated for me.

Aerozord · 06-12-2010, 07:16 PM

ok seems to be working just fine, thanks guys

06-12-2010, 02:07 PM	#1
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	decompressing files ok system was wiped and I forgot where I got my free decompressing program. anyone know of one for especially for .rar files? __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

06-12-2010, 05:46 PM	#5
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	well thankfully internet speeds are high enough that its rare to find things split into volumes. so where do I go for 7-zip? I'd rather not accidently go to a virus embedded version __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

06-12-2010, 06:53 PM	#7
Eltargrim Fifty-Talents Haversham Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: FABULOUS Posts: 1,904	...or he could just get WinRAR lulz __________________ <Insert witticism here; get credit; ???; profit!>

06-12-2010, 07:06 PM	#9
Eltargrim Fifty-Talents Haversham Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: FABULOUS Posts: 1,904	While WinRAR would certainly like to you to purchase and activate it, it has never deactivated for me. __________________ <Insert witticism here; get credit; ???; profit!>

06-12-2010, 07:16 PM	#10
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	ok seems to be working just fine, thanks guys __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

06-12-2010, 03:45 PM	#3
Ironchew Goomba Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 5	Unrar should do the trick. (I'm assuming you're using Windows, other operating systems have a package install for this.)