Reviews of FreeArc for Windows

1. 
   anomoly

   Reviewing 0.60 RC (Oct 6, 2009)

   The installer has issues but the portable version works just as the installer was supposed to, just don't rename the exe. Excellent for batch compression, with pre-analysis of files & folders,
   and the ability to create multiple arc's and delete the original files when done. Freearc can batch convert like archives (zip, rar, etc) into it's own format as well, which is a neat function.
   Peazip does arc compression fine, but will not handle, on my pc, more than a few. 20+, folders without crashing. Freearc can take an entire subfolder of folders and compress each one to it's own archive without creating multiple instances of itself for each selection, as does peazip. It does have a steal focus issue which is minor at best.
   I have only a gig of pc3200, but windows can automatically create a larger virtual memory space, if you push it to the limits.
   The powerpack's zlib1.dll is a newer version than the program's and the (powerpack's) environmental variable should be changed to ".\bin".
   note: peazip's arc.exe is compressed & freearc's is not.
   
   Compared to Winrar:
   895 Mb folder of mercedes lackey ebook stuff (prc, pdb, lit, txt, doc, pdf, etc),
   Winrar never touched my memory and took 20 seconds longer to compress the folder at it's Best settings down to a 364 MB rar. Decompression to a different HD took 5:42.
   Freearc compress: Max.. -mx (delete original), 100% cpu & memory 10:10, 171 MB .arc.
   Decompress: 3:58
   amd athlon xp @2.325 w/gig ddr400
   Winrar, indispensable, has a nice archive search feature & never gets in the way. Good for those pesky mp3's.
   I have saved ~20 GB in my now 36.5 GB ebook folder alone.
2. 
   shtraue

   Reviewing 0.51 (May 15, 2009)

   Very interesting and promising archiver, in my view. Lots of customizable options.
   
   Instead of laughing (can it really be that funny?) why not to report bugs instead:
   
   http://code.google.com/p/freearc/issues/list
3. 
   emanresU deriseD

   Reviewing 0.51 (May 11, 2009)

   WOW--I found so many bugs within 2 minutes I can't stop laughing!
4. 
   H2O_lover

   Reviewing 0.51 (May 8, 2009)

   dhry, people who are actually serious about compression tests, rank FreeArc higher than 7-Zip.
   
   http://www.maximumcompre...com/data/summary_sf.php
   
   http://compressionratings.com/rating_sum.html
5. 
   nika27

   Reviewing 0.51 (May 7, 2009)

   No one is asking you to use it. That's called a choice, mister. Do you also complain when you go shopping for stuff?

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