There are two common ways of squeezing large files into smaller sizes: ZIP and RAR. The ZIP format is much more common, but there are times when RAR works better, especially when the file is ...

Sometimes a client or colleague needs to send you large files. One common way to handle large files is to compress them into a ZIP package to make the file size more reasonable for transmission over ...

Earlier this year, we reported on Microsoft expanding its compression support in Windows 11 to include native RAR, 7-Zip, and other file formats that aren't your basic ZIP files. For those that have ...

so I downloaded this zip file of an mp4 movie (3.9GB) as a reward for a kickstarter a while ago but every time i tried to unzip it 'failed crc checks' so tried z-zip ( version 9.2 ) (which the ...

Similar to zip files, a RAR (Roshal Archive) file is a way to compress multiple files down into a single, high-quality container. Once you’ve downloaded or received RAR content, the only thing you ...

Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 will soon include native support for RAR files. This development marks a significant change, as it eliminates the requirement for users to rely on third-party ...

The file is named .RAR to make it look like you need a RAR utility to open it. Once WinRAR opens it it identifies it as a ZIP file. The write up doesn't fully describe the bug but it looks like an ...