In my last post, I talked about the troubles I’ve been having with FTP. Several have suggested zipping the site before moving it over. I’m in the process of doing that now. I just wanted to mention that WinZip failed on such a large site, it sat there for well over 30 minutes chugging away and then it just said that it failed due to such the large size.
WinRar to the rescue!!! I downloaded WinRar and it archived it with no trouble. I can’t figure out why winzip couldn’t handle it and maybe there is a way to set it up so that it does but I just expect things like this to work right out of the box. WinRar did.
It comes with a unlimited 40 day free trial and then it’s only $29 US for a single user/computer license. The way the license reads is a bit confusing but I think for my use, the single user/computer license works.
Vince Collins
January 31, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I’ll offer an even better suggestion, 7-Zip:
http://www.7-zip.org/
It’s free, and supports RAR, ZIP, and more. And it’s fast. Did I also mention that it’s free?
January 31, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Thanks Andy!
I’ll take a look. I have no problem paying for a tool that works very well. If 7-zip works as well as WinRar, then I will donate the same price to them