Old Geek <eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1euadapm6uhicb4useuajt00ocfmeogf8j@4ax.com:
> On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:12:29 GMT, "dr. who?" <noemail@none.com> wrote:
>
>>Old Geek <eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote in
>>news:vk98dahea1cnb7bqm9qutc01ivrtbbhjdh@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:04:52 GMT, "dr. who?" <noemail@none.com>
wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Thumper" <thumper@giffer.com> wrote in news:54d24ece$0$19793$c3e8da3
>>>>$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Wink Wink Nudge Nudge" <Wink@Nudgenot.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:u5c4da59jbrbjquqtsffe01t4ljs85vp8m@4ax.com...
>>>>>> On Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:52:52 GMT, "dr. who?" <noemail@none.com>
>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have been using 7-zip for unpacking files
>>>>>>>http://www.7-zip.org/
>>>>>>>it is free and very easy to use
>>>>>>>and it will keep corrupted files
>>>>>>>it also allows you to download two RARs out of many and construct
a
>>>>>>>partial
>>>>>>>vid to see if you want the whole vid if a preview isn't included
>>>>>>>hope this adds to the conversation
>>>>>>>dr.who?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You can do the same thing with WinRAR. Just click on the "Keep
>>Broken
>>>>> Files" box.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Is WinRAR free?
>>>>7-zip is
>>>>dr.who?
>>>
>>> Not really, but in the end, yes it is.
>>> It can be downloaded and installed as a trial. When the trial period
>>> ends it continues to work. There is a 'bug' message that comes up
only
>>> when using the GUI. It isn't there if you use the context menus.
>>>
>>> EG.
>>>
>>so I guess the question is, is WinRAR any better than 7-Zip?
>>just an academic question at his point
>>d.w?
>
> I really haven't used 7-Zip so not sure I'm really qualified to answer
> that. As far as I can tell 7-Zip doesn't handle the RAR5 format at
> this point so if more posters go that route winrar is about your only
> option to extract those files. In my opinion that tips the scale to
> winrar.
>
> EG.
>
thanks for the info
d.w?
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