Do you wish to compress files so that it can transfer easily between storage devices, or when you want to upload it to an email or how about when you just want to save precious hard drive space when storing files.Well, now you can just do that.
WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format. You can download the trial version of the software at www.rarlab.com
To compress large file using Winrar follow simple steps given below:
Step 1: Select and Right click on the file you want to Compress and select Add to Archive option.
Step 2: A window will pop up with various options. In Archive name field type the name of your archive manually in the text box provided below.
Step 3: When creating a new archive, you first need to select the archive format. ZIP is preferable when you are not sure that a receiver of your archive has WinRAR. Otherwise just select RAR, since it provides more options and higher compression.
Step 4: There are six compression methods supported: "Store", "Fastest", "Fast", " Normal", "Good" and "Best". The Best method provides high, but slow compression. Fastest method compresses poorly, but it is very fast. Store method just merges files into an archive without any compression. If you want to create an archive for distribution or for long storage, It would be best to probably ignore the time constraint and choose the Best compression method to reduce the size as much as possible. But for daily backups choose Normal compression method.
In the example below, I have chosen 98078 KB which comes to around 95.77 MB.
Step 6: When you have chosen the right options for your archive, click the OK button.
(In my example below, the video file I had chosen was compressed into three parts comprising of 95.7 MB each)
You can also watch this same procedure on YouTube. I have created the video just to make it easier for everyone to learn.
59 comments :
Helpful tip
impressive website
very very helpful
thanx alot :)
ehm okay nice tips, but i did it well
Bless you. Your instructions made me navigate to a desired choice. The Profile type is also useful in compressing files. This splits the files in volumes as desired.
helpfull thanks
which version of winrar did you use?
'cause i cant find any "zip 100" or so in the Latest winrar 4.20,
aLso can you teLL me how to compress uncompressed fiLe into a singLe fiLe instead of muLtipLe ones..?
pLease heLp..and pardon my bad engLish :p
@Anonymous,
I used version 3.93 for this tutorial but I have upgraded since then to the latest version of Winrar 4.20 and the options are same.
If you want to compress file into a single file then just don't use the Tab saying “Split to Volume, Bytes” Just leave that option blank and it will compress the file into one file.
Thank You.
how can i compress an installed program and still be able to use it in other computers?
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@HaLe Lee: You cannot compress a installed software which is actively being used by the computer as the computer would not be able to access the files once they are compressed.
i have a preview version of Windows 8.1 in and ISO file so my question is should i make it RAR file or ZIP file and i am using CD-R 700 MB............thx i appreciate the help
@Arsalan Khan:
RAR
A RAR file is an archival file created with the WinRAR program. This program can be downloaded as a free trial for a set number of days, but it needs to be purchased and registered for continued use. WinRAR must be used to open RAR files.
ZIP
A ZIP file is an archival file that can be created with several programs, including Freebyte Zip, WinRAR and WinZIP. It also can be created by using the “Archive” function on Macintosh operating systems. WinRAR comes as a free trial, but must be purchased to continue use after the trial expires. ZIP files can be opened with any program that can create ZIP files. It is not restricted to any one program.
Advantages of RAR:
-Even though Zip predates RAR and has many applications able to work with it, RAR format has a lot of advantages.
-A RAR format can compress a file much better than a Zip. Meaning, a same sized file compressed in RAR format produces a slightly smaller size file compared to zip.
-RAR files also incorporate redundancy or a ‘recovery record’ stored within the archive, making it possible to repair a RAR that has been corrupted.
-Newer versions of the format support advanced encryption methods.
So it all depends on what you prefer. I personally use .rar over .zip
I think, this way just split files, not reduce its size.
Thx
Thanks
The suggestion was very informative and helpful. Thanks a lot!!
This is called spliting.not large file compress into small file.when u try spliting,this softwar devide a file into many parts.i want to see this site,how can i compress 10gb file into 1mb.can any one tell me.
thank u very much sir
I've tried to use winrar to compress a video file of about 121 gigs, however the compressed file is still 120 gigs. When I tried to break it apart in this example, I end up with over a thousand parts. How do I get it to compress the file to a manageable size?
Can I do that with any kind of file? (for instance movies, pictures, documents, iso., etc.) I have a one terabyte harddrive I need to compress as much as possible. It has all kinds of files.
Didn't work here, the thing reduced from 116mb to 110mb -.- yes I selected BEST
thanks
Thanks Dude
good stuff
thank you very much now i can compress my game isos and upload it
Great post,,,,,,,,, keep it up,,,,,,,, well if anyone need another tool for reducing the size of PST files then they can take help with SysTools Compress PST Free demo software.
ur tip is very usefull , thanks buddy !!!
What is the minimum size into which we can compress any 3gb file?
I m compressing my file, but after the process it's size is not changing................mean it's not compressing to a small size
tnx for the tips guys very useful
Well described boss, Thanks and keep this great job going.................
its very useful procedure to send large attachments....... keep it up
This method helps me a lot. Thank you for this tip
@John Betz & mateusk_10:
Most multimedia files will not compress well as they already exist in a highly compressed state. These file types usually employ efficient techniques to compress the data they contain. Examples include, but are not limited to, graphic (picture) files (GIF, JPG, PNG, etc), music files (MP3, WMA, etc), and movie files (AVI, MPG, etc). Files that are compressed, as these examples are, usually cannot be compressed more to any significant extent. Therefore, such files don't get much, if any, smaller when they are added to a Zip file (.rar .zip or .zipx).
Is the BEST method reduce the size as much as possible but time consumable?
Thanx very much. Cool site.
How does a compression of a file size 2401Kb to 2244 Kb help. We need bigger compression to probably 240Kb to enable us email within our server. Can You assist?
This helped a ton
very helpful and resourceful
I'm not sure will it work,but however thankyou so much
Hi, I have a TV series wich is for 1.66 gb... wen i compress it using winrar its goes to 1.65 gb, using spilt also adds upto the same amt. I did read in the comments that compressing video files is nt of much use as the file size doesnt reduce drastically. Can you please suggest a method for compressing video files... atleast half the storage size would be great..... plz rep asap
Thanks!! Very Helpful
did its affected the original one and after compression one if we running the program?
I have used winrar to compress a massive MUSIC COLLECTION file from a portable external HDD to my laptop, which seems to have worked. It has compressed down from 553GB to 53GB.
However, the whole point was to create a compressed file on my laptop so I could delete the original off of the HDD and thus freeing up more space on it.
However, when I try to delete the original it immediately brings up Winrar errors stating it cannot find original files?
My question, is there a way to compress down and not have to keep the original files in place please?
Many thanks
Glenn
Not impressive
Hello, The tricks still work ?
Were are the unsent compressed email files found? I tried to compress a 5GB video to upload on Facebook but I thought that would work. Now the files are hiding in Drive C and is taking up space. Please help
Thank You so much, It's working :D
Pl help me to compress 8 gb hd video file into 4 gb file without losing any quality to burn into dvd, but later when i enter the 4gb compressed file ,it should be extraced as 8gb
this trick is not working for ma file of around 300mb..? any suggestions..
how to retrieve the compressed document can any one help me ? i followed the procedure as above but i found my compressed file missing!
Haha, Admin. ..... U said this is COMPRESS LARGE FILES USING WINRAR? Huh? This is splitting winrar files into part 1, part 2, etc. U liar. cheater! Change ur title. Idiot admin
pagal Yeh ticks to sabhi ko pta h I need to know spliting method such that files do not become corrupt
Great Post :)
Even though i select 'Best' method for compression the size of the compressed file remains the same as the normal file. I need to highly compress it!
I am using winrar 5.30 beta 6. on windows10
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nice site useful
Can we compress a rar file before downloading
video audio and image will hard to compress...
don't expect smaller size result if u trying to compress them
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