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XP ZIP compression ratio

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by shadowhawk, 2004/05/13.

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    shadowhawk

    shadowhawk Inactive Thread Starter

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    The compression in XP's native ZIP folders stinks to high heaven to be nice about it. If I ZIP a 2.58 MB file, it comes out as 2.56. Is there any way to jack up the compression ratio so I could get a 2.58 down to say 2 or less? Thanks.
     
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    You could try WinZip or any of the other proprietory zip programs, but bear in mind that some files will not compress - or compress very little (<5 per cent).
     
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    shadowhawk

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    I heard WinZip conflicts with XP's native ZIP thingy. I was trying to compress an XP security patch to email to someone.
     
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    The security patch is in all likelyhood allready compressed so you won't be able to get it much smaller than it allready is. :(
     
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    EXE (install) file generally don't compress much...

    I tried a 1,709,600 bytes Office patch in Winzip, and it only compressed down to 1,666,185

    Send them a link to download instead.
     
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    I want to, but my friend has Sasser and can't stay online long enough to download anything. I don't have any blank CDRs, so I can't take the files to him. However I may get a multi-diskette program and take the stuff to him that way. His computer's OK as long as it's offline.
     
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    sasser file (from symantec) is 105Kb, and will fit on flloppy.
     
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