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FBackup lets you create and maintain backup of your important files quickly and for free of cost. The software is available as a freeware for both personal and commercial use. It protects your important data by backing it up automatically to any USB/Firewire device,local or network location. The backup files can be compressed using standard compression. You can also schedule backup in advance.

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zipgenius ZipGenius Standard Edition  Alternate For Winzip
ZipGenius Standard Edition is freeware compression utility having all the features and functionalities of professional & paid software like Winzip. It supports more that 21 compression encoding and decoding formats and encryption and decryption. It gets integrated in windows shell giving ablity to send archives to email client directly.

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O&O DiskImage Express is free software which enables you to image your entire computer and restore single drives.

Functions at a glance:

  • Image all drives, including drive information and system partition
  • Restore single data drives
  • Save space with follow-up images, that only save changes made since the previous one
  • Display image information
  • Easy to use, and totally free

When first starting O&O DiskImage Express, please proceed as follows:

* Download the packed file archive (*.Zip) onto a drive with a minimum of 20 MB free disk space.
* Extract the downloaded file, and ideally enter your external storage media (hard disk, USB stick etc) as the target drive.
* Start O&O DiskImage Express by double clicking on the file oodiex.exe, which you can find in the folder OO Soft/Programs.

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Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archive, whether it’s a simple zip file, an installation program (like Wise or NSIS), or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package.

This application is not intended to be a general purpose archiving program. It will never replace WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc. What it will do is allow you to extract files from virtually any type of archive, regardless of source, compression method, etc. The original motivation behind this project was to create an easy, convenient way to extract files from installation packages, such as Inno Setup or Windows Installer packages, without pulling up a command line every time.

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7-Zip is an open source file archiver predominantly for the Microsoft Windows operating system. It operates either as a command line program or with a graphical user interface. It also features integration with the Windows shell environment. 7-Zip is free software, distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Features:

  • High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
  • 7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL
  • Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB
  • For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
  • Self-extracting capability for 7z format
  • Integration with Windows Shell
  • Powerful File Manager
  • Powerful command line version
  • Plugin for FAR Manager
  • Localizations for 55 languages

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