Features of RAR Files; How to Open Them?

Computer has facilitated our daily tasks but it also has given birth to some operations, which require some sort of technical knowledge to complete them. This doesn’t mean that the new problem cannot be solved; nowadays you can take the help of search engine to get the right answer. Remember before the onset of internet technology was not so advanced and in case we have to send heavy file or images. We used the only available method of sending, traditional mail. It was takes time to reach the destination.

New technological advancements have facilitated the data transfer; everyday something new is invented to help us in our business and daily routines. Now we have the technology to send the digitalized version of photographs. By the use of high speed internet, we can send the photographs in seconds; doesn’t matter the location is thousand miles away.




Compress

To facilitate the data transfer process further, we have to use compress technique. You have received the pictures of the marriage ceremony of your close friend and you are dying to view them. He has compressed them prior to attaching them in mail. You have downloaded all the pictures but you are unable to view them. Your computer is unable to open those files; the reason is that you may not have any program, which opens them. Your friend has compressed all the pictures and made a packet. Just search on internet, how to open rar files? You can use the same kind of program, which supports the compression as well decompression. As you are unable to open the file, what is the file extension you are seeing? If you are seeing a .RAR extension, no problem all the pictures of this extension can be opened by different programs available free on internet. You can download them for free and use them.

How to Open RAR Files?

Contrary to popular belief that .rar files cannot be opened other than WinRAR application, many free programs are available to be downloaded. 7-zip is one such application, which is also a free ware. Other than supporting this WinRAR file format, this application also supports a number of other archive file formats. Many people still wonder why this compatible application is free. This is the beauty of this wonderful software this it is free and supports multiple compressed file extensions.

For windows




To open, read and write we can use WinRAR. And for read only option there are several applications like 7-zip, BitZipper, RarZilla,Free unrar and PeaZip.

Linux




For reading and writing on the existing files, you can use WinRAR and to read only option, there is free unrar and non-free version is also available.

Features of RAR




You have the option of splitting RAR files in to multiple parts; it will facilitate the transfer of heavy files. There is also a security option to which you can use to protect your files to be corrupted against redundancy within the archives. Another safety measure is to encrypt the RAR archives using encryption algorithms. This will provide additional security to your files. No one can view your file except, who has the right password.

Author’s Bio: with the advancement in IT, we can make the data transfer fast and with additional security measures. In case you have to send heavy files, you can distribute the file into packets for easy and fast uploading on internet with the support of WinRAR.