Either zip or using winrar...
Is it possible? That is to compress a bunch of compressed files.
2007-12-02 11:28:43 · 5 answers · asked by M 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
You CAN add a RAR or ZIP to an existing compressed file. but it will not further compress the file.
The only reason to do this... that I can think of is to "package" the files, let's say you download a RAR, or Multiple RARs and then add your own files..but want them to be more portable so you can move them around... you could RAR/ZIP ALL the files together thus making it easier to copy/paste them or upload/download them.
That's the only reason I can think of.
2007-12-02 11:34:17 · answer #1 · answered by John S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By definition, a .rar file is already compressed. You can't compress a compressed file.
2007-12-02 11:32:48 · answer #2 · answered by B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tried this with winrar, it didn't seem to work. The actual size and the packed size were identical.... meaning that nothing was compressed.
2007-12-02 11:33:29 · answer #3 · answered by larithx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can compress them as many times as you want, but you'll pretty much just be storing them after the first time. They won't get much smaller.
2007-12-02 11:37:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't get much change; maybe 10k differenece, once compressed, recompressing doesn't do much at all.
2007-12-02 11:32:27 · answer #5 · answered by ilan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋