7-zip ( www.7-zip.org) is an excellent compression/ decompression utility. The tool provides some real good features and the interface is also quite simple. 7-zip is based on the 7z archive format which provides a high compression ratio. Another advantage of 7z format is its open architecture to support any new compression method. Some of the useful features are as mentioned below :
- High compression ratio in new 7z format. LZMA compression with
- Supported formats:
- Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
- Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
- For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
- Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
- Self-extracting capability for 7z format
- Localizations for 69 languages
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Yes its really an excellent utility for compression and decompression . One more wonderful utility for data recovery, I experienced , is Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Software.
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