gHacks technology news » archive utility http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:14:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Use TUGZip to View Archived Files http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/21/use-tugzip-to-view-archived-files/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/21/use-tugzip-to-view-archived-files/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:51:32 +0000 Cheryl http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/21/use-tugzip-to-view-archived-files/ There are plenty of file archiving utilities available but only a few of them are actually really good. So far, the better options were software like 7Zip and Izarc. However, I’ve recently discovered a fairly new utility that promises to be as good or better than the ones mentioned above.

TUGZip is a freeware archiving utility for Windows. It can open common formats like zip, rar, 7zip, etc. as well as obscure ones like ace, lib, tbz, etc. In addition, it supports disc images including the nero format nrg. The program also has a multi-extract option to extract multiple archives at once.

On the writing side, it can create archives in most of the common formats, which is more than enough for anyone. Users have the option of using any one of 6 different encryption formats to create their archives. It can also create self-extracting archives.

TUGZip is pretty easy to use. It has a simple, easy to understand interface, with good navigation. The program is also capable of updating automatically using the built-in ‘web update’ function.

If you’re looking for a good archiving utility for your needs, I’d recommend TUGZip. If you find other programs too complicated to use, do give this software a try. I bet you won’t be disappointed. Oh , and it would also be great if you could clue me in about which program is your favorite file archiver.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/21/use-tugzip-to-view-archived-files/feed/ 11 IZArc a great universal archiv software http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/09/izarc-a-great-universal-archiv-software/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/09/izarc-a-great-universal-archiv-software/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:08:52 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/09/izarc-a-great-universal-archiv-software/ If you are looking for a universal archiv software other than 7-zip you should take a closer look at IZArc which lately replaced WinRar on my computer. The real beauty of IZArc is of course it’s support of most known archiv formats such as zip, rar, 7-zip, gz, ace, tar and dozens others including formats such as iso, bin and nrg.

What I really like about IZArc is that it opens really quickly and seems to unpack files at least as fast as WinRar. I did not benchmark anything here so this is just my opinion. IZArc offers all the usual features that archive programs offer these days such as shell integration, drag and drop support, self-extracting archives and multi-volume archives.

IZArc can also be downloaded as a mobile version called IZArc2Go and a command line add-on for the main program that supports batch processing is also available at the official website. I don’t think the users that already use 7-zip will make the switch because of their program offering basically the same features.

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