win RAR question

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If I want to rar a file of lets say 5 gig into smaller files of 700mb, I have speed options:

"Add to archive"

Compression method

fastest
fast
normal
good
best

except for the speeds, what is the difference? fastest is 10 minutes for 8 gig, normal is 2 hours for 8 gigs.

what are the disadvantages of the "fastest" speed?

thanks
 
although, you could be wasting those cycles..

No point, for example, trying to compress jpegs, mp3s or avi's.. they're already compressed ;)

the 'fastest' mode doesn't actually compress iirc, it's the same as 'store' mode. Basically just wraps a rar container around your files without any compression.
 
I compress them because my External can only have 4 gig files.

So I have to compress them, and then cut paste them to my external, and then extract them on my other pc.

edit: the file sizes are the same, both 8gig. so either I wait 2 hours, or 10 minutes. the file size is the same, and it saves me a lot of time.
 
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ManCuBuS said:
Would make the file considerably bigger using the fastest compression method.
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Incorrect!

Fastest option will still reduce file size by a fair amount. (Depending on whats being rar'ed of course, however it will NEVER make the file bigger!!)

Store option would make the file insignificantly bigger (a few kb for small 1mb odd files and at most a mb or 2 for Gb of files)

It all depends on what your compressing tbh, if it's files that are already compressed like mp3's, divx/xvid ...etc then it is not worth the time to use any sort of compression as the resulting reduction in size would be tiny and it would take quite a while.

Store in winRAR is used a lot by release groups on videos as it allows certain players to play the videos on the fly direct from the rar without extraction.

You should re-format your external HD to NTFS rather than the less advanced FAT file system. However if that aint an option then I would simply use 'store' in winrar as all your wanting to do is split the file and this is the quickest option to do that.
 
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i'd copy everything from your external drive to your pc, format external drive as ntfs, now it can take massive files like your pc

but a mac/linux wont be able to read it.. only windows nt/2k/xp/2003/vista
 
bledd. said:
i'd copy everything from your external drive to your pc, format external drive as ntfs, now it can take massive files like your pc

but a mac/linux wont be able to read it.. only windows nt/2k/xp/2003/vista
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that would be the thing to do, but atm I dont have the space on my pc.

I will do that soon though, this 4gig is very annoying
 
sorry but i need to know if 7zip allows these feature also, that you just described viewing mutliple .rar files as one. I am setting up my new rig and i dont want to install trial software.

thanks mate
 
skanky said:
i always compress the best i am able to. mean, i waste an extra couple of minutes, big deal.
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I have to rar 100 gigs.

8 gigs is 2 hours, 100 gigs...

so the time issue is very important :)

but if you do small files i think choosing the best option is probably worth it.
 
mohbana said:
sorry but i need to know if 7zip allows these feature also, that you just described viewing mutliple .rar files as one. I am setting up my new rig and i dont want to install trial software.

thanks mate
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Do you mean can 7-Zip create multiple files to be split over a DVD or can it view multiple files as one?

It is yes to both. You can make 7-Zip split an archive over several formats such as 650Mb CD, 700Mb CD, DVD etc. You just need to enter bytes manually if you want another size.
 
yup

7zip can do it, in the "split to volumes" section when creating an archive.. typing 1000M will make 1gb splits
 
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