Compression and Backup

WinRAR is the archiving tool that everyone has had on their machine at some point, the one with the famous “trial” that never actually expires […]

Cloud storage has become so common that most people don’t think much about how their files actually get from one device to another, but that […]

CloneApp saves the settings of your programs so a fresh system does not mean starting from scratch. Reinstall the operating system, put the programs back, […]

jZip is a free compression utility built on the same open-source 7z engine that powers 7-Zip, repackaged behind a friendlier face. It opens pretty much […]

Few programs earn permanent residence on a fresh machine, and 7-Zip sits on that short list for millions of people. It’s an open-source archiver that […]

Recovery programs all present the same optimistic screen. Hundreds of found files, names intact, sizes listed, everything looking perfectly healthy. Then you recover them and […]

Universal Extractor opens the files that archive managers refuse. Point it at a setup program and it unpacks the files inside without running the installer. […]

The format that made WinZip a household name is now built into every operating system, which leaves the program with an awkward question to answer. […]

TestDisk brings back partitions that have vanished and makes unbootable disks boot again. A drive that suddenly shows as empty. A partition table wiped by […]

Archivers split into two camps, the terse engines that compress brilliantly and explain nothing, and the friendly shells that trade power for approachability. PeaZip is […]

Card Recovery does one thing, and it does it through a three-step wizard. Put a memory card in a reader, start the program, choose the […]

RAR Extract Frog opens RAR archives and does nothing else. Drag a file onto the frog on its window, double-click an archive, or use the […]

Bandizip opens and makes compressed archives, and it does both with a speed that is the first thing people notice. Double-click a ZIP, RAR or […]

File Recovery is a small program for getting files back from a disk that has lost them. It reads FAT and NTFS drives below the […]

FreeUndelete brings back files that were deleted and are no longer in the Recycle Bin. Pick a drive, let it scan, and the files it […]