WinACE

Winzip is probably the most popular compression program, as it comes with most new pcs it is probably also the only one that most people know about. However .zip files are not the best type of compressed data. Zipping one huge file makes only a small difference to the size of it. Zipping really is only useful for more than one file. This is where WinAce steps in. WinAce is essentially turns one huge file into lots of smaller files, which can then be stored in a much smaller zip file. The small files mean that downloading them from the internet say is alot quicker. So instead of one huge .zip file, you get alot of small .ace files. It has really helped ...  Read the complete review

Winzip is undoubtedly the most popular file compression on the market, and the one that most people probably use on their machine. However, one thing to remember is that Winzip doesn't handle the compression/decompression of some other forms of compression, such as ace,arc and rar files. I myself hit this problem a few months ago, I downloaded a zip file, unextracted it, only to be hit by a mass of .rar files, which Winzip couldn't handle. It is possible to use Winzip with these files, but only if you have a copy of the winrar program and configure it as an external program within the user interface. Sounds easy enough, but by the time you've ...  Read the complete review

When considering compression formats for the environment of Windows, most people automatically think of zip files. This is no doubt due to the fact that zip files have been around for a long time and are considered to be a standard. However, there are several alternatives and their usefulness depends greatly on the purpose for which they are used. Compression is used for numerous reasons. The obvious one is reducing the size of a file for storage purposes, although it is also useful for breaking up a large file into smaller pieces in order to store it on several floppy disks. The great popularity of sending files via the internet has made the overall size of the ...  Read the complete review

WinAce is FASTER than WinRAR. WinAce is stable and FAST. I did a test of compressing the very same file using WinRAR first and then WinAce: WinRAR compressed the file in 25 minutes. WinAce compressed the file in 14 minutes. WinAce compressed the file 11 minutes FASTER than WinRAR. WinAce offers decompression of the following file formats: ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARC, ARJ, GZip, TAR, ZOO, JAR multi-volume (disk spanning) archives for ACE, ZIP, CAB WinAce offers compression of the following formats: ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, JAVA JAR WinAce will let you do self-extracting archives (SFX) for ACE and ZIP I really like WinAce better ...  Read the complete review