Archive and Backup File Recovery

Quick tips for compressing your Jpeg Image collection

Over the last two decades, digital cameras have simply changed the way we look at pictures. Today we simply just need to point at anything that catches our fancy and we can have the image for everyone to view.  This is a sea change from the times when images stored in photographic films had to physically developed in a dark studio to be viewed. Today an average computer user is likely to have hundreds, if not thousands, of images stored on his system, all snapped from cameras and mobile...

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Creating split Zip files – A Primer

The amount of data proliferating our world today has reached monumental proportions. Even an average user may have today data running into tens of gigabytes if one takes in account their music and video collections. At times such data needs to be securely backed up and one the best way to do so involves using a zip application to create encrypted zip archives. While you can store the entire data one single zip file, often the need of splitting up a file comes into focus given the restrictions...

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Quick tips to tackle “unsupported compression method” error messages when working with zip files

The popularity of zip files has led to the proliferation of numerous zip archive applications. While you may be familiar with some of the leading names such as WinZip and WinRaR, there are countless other zip applications that you may not be familiar with. Many of these of applications or certain versions tend to support compression methods which are typically not supported by all zip archive applications. What causes an unsupported compression method error message When an user decides to...

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