rar file compression???

[bdog]

Anybody used it? I got a cdrom image compressed with it and it has been uncompressing for over 30 hours on a p3 617!!!! Is this normal??

[jad1097]

NO!
I use WinRar and it is faster and better than winzip. At least I think so.
What are you useing to uncompress it?
How big is it? I have never used it for a Cd image though.
I have unrared files up to 130meg and it not take but 2 or 3 minutes with WinRar.

[This message has been edited by jad1097 (edited 01-06-2000).]

[bdog]

The total uncompressed size was around 250 mb with over two thousand files. I was using Arjfolder to uncompress the rar file. It was the only thing I could find at tucows that would do it. It finally finished uncompressing in about 35 hours. Whew! Now I can get back to crackining rc5. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Dominus]

Use WinRAR 2.5 f rom www.rarsoft.com (http://www.rarsoft.com)

[bdog]

Thanks for the info. I will DL it and check it out.

[Shane Reese]

I agree with jad1097!!!

That is not normal!!

I am using WinRAR 2.6 and I unzipped a 500Mb file in about 7 min on a P-III 500 So something for you is a miss???

Good luck to you!!

[Dominus]

I could see it taking up to 30-45 minutes to compress a CD image, but not to decompress.

Tried doing it un-overclocked?

[bdog]

I downloaded winrar and uncompressed the same file in about one and a half minutes. I guess Arjfolder is just no good for rara files. Thanks again for pointing me to the right program. I won't waste that much time again.