WinRAR

WinRar really is a fabulous little piece of software that is a must have for any frequent downloader. WinRar is a powerful archiver manager and it allows you to save and compress files into much smaller file sizes. The software also allows you to extract Winzip files amongst many other files types. The main benefits of this software is that files can be compressed and then stored so that they take up less space than they would otherwise. It also means that if you were to send a compressed file by WinRar file as an email it would take less time to download because it is a smaller file size, making it one useful piece of kit! The main file types it supports are ...  Read the complete review

WinRar for the computer illiterate. It has taken me years to learn things about programs that help my computer experience, and the learning process is a hard one simply because people don't give information in easy terms. Take this program for instance. There are many places on the net that describe its processes and what benefit they are to the user, although none that I have found that can help those people that know very little about technology. I started using WinRar when I noticed that many files I need to send by email need to be made smaller. If you imagine compression in terms of neatness, then you wouldn't be far wrong imagining you want to ...  Read the complete review

As those who know me know, I'm fond of downloading large files from the internet. Unfortunately, my own computer isn't online, due to problems with my university's phone network (it's not a BT line so the unlimited time packages aren't available). This naturally leads to problems. Fortunately the university computers have blisteringly fast download rates, so I can download files on these computers and transfer them over to my home machine. For this, I have to use the humble floppy disk - which has a capacity far less than many of the files I download. As such, I need a program capable of splitting a file over a number of disks. My ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to file compression, the Zip file is the one that is most well known, but it doen't offer the best compression ratio. WinRar uses a special algorithm to compress files into Rars which are smaller then zips. With the ability to split large files, create multi-disk spanning executables, password protect and even repair files, WinRar is a lot more flexible than WinZip and so more useful in the long term. It can also create and extract from other archives, including zips. The program is easy to use and the interface is clean and uncluttered. WinRar is also multi-format so Rars can be extracted on other operating systems, including ...  Read the complete review

Win RAR is a file compression program that enables the user to cut down on file size on a single or multiple file sizes by grouping them together and using this tool to condense them. It also enables you open files with the Win RAR extension (.rar) There are plenty of compression programs available from the Internet some are free, some have trials and some require you to pay a license straight away. Win RAR is a free program, which is always a good thing! I first came across Win RAR after wanting to download a game from the Internet and it's file name extension was that of WinRAR, I never knew this at first and I had to research on the net how ...  Read the complete review