WinRAR Review

In this era when bulky hard drives and at the same time files that tend to be appearing in very large volume is such a normal occurrence, the role of data compression function is not only a luxury but a very essential requirement. WinRAR is one of the best options available in the PC world. For those who are not yet aware of this alternative, WinRAR is a file archiver and data compression utility, which was developed as a file archive program for Windows. It has the ability to produce self-extracting and split archives.

WinRAR takes pride of the numerous exceptional features and capabilities intended to allocate enough ease while working on compressed file. Though this feature is not due to the WinRAR application itself, it is worthy to note that this feature is fundamental only to all RAR format. As a result, this feature is unavailable when you intend to compress to ZIP or any other formats. Just the same, it is still a very valuable highlight of the software.

As stated earlier, WinRAR has the ability to create multi-volume archives. This characteristic is equally beneficial for those who are constantly working with very huge compressed files with lengths accommodating multiple disks. With this feature, it is possible for you to create a RAR file in pre-determined portion that is able to fit in a 1.44MB floppy disk or a 700MB- arranged or formatted CD-R.

Another essential feature of WinRAR is the “Compression Prognosis” feature, this feature allows you to pick any file and then WINRAR will carry out in giving the approximate calculation, which is expressed in percentage of the manner the data will compress. Compression Prognosis feature is also capable of giving the information on the process duration, and the idea on how big the resulting files will be.

With regards to safety and security of compressed files, WinRAR has also established some key features to safeguard the compressed files. To help avoid producing unreadable or corrupt compressed files, WinRAR has the element to check a compressed file in order to make sure that is valid and undamaged. With regards to completed compressed files, a recovery record of up to 10% of the file size of the compressed files are integrated in the same compressed file as another way of security feature of WinRAR. Although the incorporation of a recovery record will increase the size of the file, this feature will provide a great assistance in saving the other contents of the file in case a part of the file has been corrupted. Another security feature of WinRAR is the ability of the application to notify your anti-virus software to make a scan on the compressed file. Most importantly, WinRAR allows you to encrypt and protect your file contents and file names as well with the use of a password.

With all these necessary and reliable features, WinRAR is indeed of a commendable importance.