PowerZip 7.21 build 4010

What do you do when you run out of available disk space on your hard drive? One simple means of addressing this situation would be to remove any applications that you have installed on your system applications that you rarely if ever use. There is no point in keeping these applications around if you’re not going to use them, now is it?

Another means of addressing this situation would be to move or delete any files that you rarely if ever use, or no longer need. For example you could take those images from your ’95 vacation and burn then onto a CD or DVD. Or you could take those docs from the same year that you no longer need and delete them.

There is another way to go about things when it comes down to freeing up some disk space – you could archive your existing data. In this regard you can use a Trident Software-developed application that weighs in at little under 2.5MB – I am of course talking about PowerZip, a full-featured and easy to use ZIP program.

Using PowerZip is as simple as clicking a mouse button. This is because PowerZip integrates with the right click context menu. All you have to do is select a file, click the right mouse button, and select “Zip” from the menu. It is as simple as that. Alternatively you can take advantage of the software’s drag and drop functionality. This means you can drag files from the PowerZip window and drop them into any folder you want.

To ensure no one can access the data you archived, PowerZip comes with an encryption and password protection feature. All the encrypted data is encrypted and password protected – only when the correct password is provided the data will be decrypted and presented.

Speaking of archives, you should know that PowerZip provides support for numerous archive types: Cab, Ace, Rar, Arj, Jar, Tar, Gz, Z, Bz2, Lzh and Ha.

PowerZip, an easy to use and application that provides all the archive management tools you will ever want.

Pros

• Easy to use
• Strong encryption
• Password protection
• View and edit files inside an archive
• Customization options
• Support for a wide range of archive types

Cons

• Free to use during the trial period only
• Nag screen

PowerZip has been reviewed by George Norman on 22 Mar 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated PowerZip 5 out of 5 stars, naming it Essential