No need to download separate software just to extract data from those two file formats. Did you notice the RAR support there? 7-Zip also supports the core file type of one of its biggest rivals – WinRAR. Supported formats include: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR and Z.ĥ. While its archiving talents are impressive, 7-Zip can inflate considerably more file types than it can deflate, which means that you should be able to open most archive files you receive. It can also archive files into XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR and WIM containers.Ĥ. That’s not to say that 7-Zip is restricted to the 7z and ZIP formats. The brains behind 7-Zip suggest that 7z is typically between 30% and 70% more efficient than the old ZIP format.ģ. While 7-Zip provides support for ZIP files, you get better results using the software’s own 7z format, which uses advanced LZMA and LZMA2 compression algorithms for superior file-squashing. The popular ZIP format isn’t as efficient as newer formats. (7-Zip, for example, supports bank-level 256-bit AES encryption).Ģ. A dedicated file compression program gives you more control over how you archive your files, the compression ratio, the container format, and whether you apply layers of security.

Here are five reasons why you should be 7z-ing your files rather than zipping them up…ġ. Localizations for 70 languages.ħ-Zip is a superior alternative. Self-extracting capability for 7z format. For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip. Unpacking only: 7z, ZIP, RAR, GZIP, GZ, BZIP2, BZ2, TAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, LHA, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB, CPIO, DMG, FAT, HFS, LZMA, NTFS, SPLIT, SWM, TAZ, TBZ, TBZ2, TGZ, TPZ, VHD, XAR, XZ, Z and NSIS. Supported formats – Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR. High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression.

Usually, 7- Zip compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format. 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

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