just a list or free archiving programs for those who may be interested (Win and 'nix) Compression / Decompression (Zip/Unzip) free : 7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org/ Alzip(beta) - http://www.altools.net/ ArcConvert - http://archivconvert.sourceforge.net/ bzip2 - http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/index.html Compress it - http://www.rg-software.de/ ExtractNow - http://www.extractnow.com/ FilZip - http://www.filzip.com/ FreeCommander - http://www.freecommander.com/index_en.htm Freezip - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/ Info-Zip - http://www.info-zip.org/ ICEOWS - http://www.iceows.com/HomePageUS.html IZArc - http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/ Jzip - http://www.jzip.com/ KGB Archiver - http://kgbarchiver.net/ MyZippa - http://www.saintlysoft.com/myzippa.htm PeaZip - http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip QuickZip - http://www.quickzip.org/ Simplyzip - http://www.dpaehl.de/ TUGZip - http://www.tugzip.com/ UltimateZip - http://www.ultimatezip.com/ Unziplify - http://www.silverbandsoftware.com/tabdown/unziplify/ UnzipThemAll - http://www.dirfile.com/freeware/zip.htm UPX - http://upx.sourceforge.net/ WinImp - http://www.technelysium.com.au/winimp.html ZebZip - http://www.zebzip.tk/ ZipALot - http://www.ractive.ch/gpl/zipalot.html Zip&Go - http://www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm Zipgenius - http://www.zipgenius.it/ ZippHO - http://www.tlfw.dk/TLFW/ZippHo.php Zip Indexator - http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/zipindexator12.html ZipitFast - http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Compression_and_Zip_File_Utilities/ZipItFast_.html and a tool for repairing damaged arcives: http://www.quickpar.org.uk/ karl
