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Back up Help!

This is where you can discuss your homework, family, just about anything, make strange sounds and otherwise discuss things which are really not related to the Lancer-series. Yes that means you can discuss other games.

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H.Q. Victor

Post Sun Feb 29, 2004 5:22 pm

Back up Help!

Does anyone know of a good back up program that uses file compression like Win 98 Did? I have WinXP and while it is good, it does not compress. I need to compress almost a gig down to 700 megs. Preferable other than as a zip file.

Finalday

Habaq Mot / Aspazomai Thanatos / Capere Obitus... /Keith Green\ (1953-1983)

Esquilax

Post Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:45 pm

There are many programs that are available. You can use WinRAR, WinACE, ARJ, etc, etc, or just use XP's "Send to" menu to make it into a compressed folder (effectively a zip archive).

H.Q. Victor

Post Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:58 pm

Esq, Thanks for the help. Do these do a good compression ratio for data? The reason I ask was with Win98 I was able to put 2.54 megs on a 1.44 disk with data and a little less with images.

Esquilax

Post Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:06 pm

No problem . WinACE has one of the better compression ratios, but WinRAR is supposed slightly better than that, and is also more popular because of it. RAR is probably the way to go. However, I would advice trying both and doing some tests to determine which one is better, as all compression methods vary due to the file types that they are compressing, and other factors.

H.Q. Victor

Post Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:16 pm

Thanks Esq. I will give them both a try. Much appreciated. *now where did I put those disks*

Finalday

Habaq Mot / Aspazomai Thanatos / Capere Obitus... /Keith Green\ (1953-1983)

Esquilax

Post Mon Mar 01, 2004 7:20 pm

They're always in the last place you look, Final .

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