:wall: :wall: I want to create few .iso files and to compress them so that they occupy less space.

I was wondering if you can help me to find the best compression program.

HELP! :wall: :wall:

Winrar is prob one of the better ones out there.

winrar, winace or uharc gui

You know there are better compression programs than WinRAR but they are slower, and they are not supported with winRAR, so only people that have those programs could unpack the files.
You get what I mean?!

The best you can get for free is 7-zip.

Couple of my friends changed from zip and rar to 7-zip and have saved huge amount of space.

The best thing about the 7-zip software is off course its pricing :) (as compared to WinZIP, -ACE or -RAR) but the compression of the 7zip format is also excellent.

Check this site for a comparison in compression, between zip, rar and 7zip

What about Power Archiver?

I heard it's better than WinZip and WinRar, but which one is better - Power Archiver or 7-zip?

*resists going into an essay about old archivers, like .lha, .lzx, .ace, .xpk, etc *

dont forget in winrar and other programs, you can select the LEVEL of compression..
maximum compression in rar is pretty good, and dont forget you can split a large archive into as many parts as you like, to fit on cd-rs etc.

:D Yes, in my post I ment about 7-zip but couldn't remember the name. :crazy:

New version of WinRar support to uncompress 7-Zip, if I'm not mistaken.

Not sure about Power Archiver, I know that 7-Zip become standard for games in rom format for emulators. For example, with merge tool friend of mine archived all his pokemon roms (more then 2 GB of GBA roms) in to an 18MB archive.

But took him over 2 hours to do this. Again, over 2 GB more room on his HD, and this was his first use of 7-zip.