What's the Difference Between RAR and ZIP File?

ZIP and RAR are two standard formats which hold the similar or different files and folders that are compressed with the help of WinZip or WinRAR tools. The general question that arise often regarding ZIP and RAR files includes – are RAR and ZIP files the same? Well, though both the files are of different formats, they provide equal efficiency in performing the compression and decompression tasks. However, being the latest or recent launched product, RAR is slightly better than ZIP archive in terms of features, context menu integration and archive spanning which makes a slight difference between RAR and ZIP files.

Moreover, since these files serves a very important role in saving the disk space of your PC, the files are to be taken care against harmful factors that tend to corrupt or damage them. Therefore, Remo has introduced two advanced and highly capable third party tools known as Remo Repair RAR and Remo Repair WinZip which can solve any sort of problems if occur with the ZIP and RAR files somehow that too regardless of RAR and ZIP files difference.

Benefits of using Remo Repair ZIP and RAR applications:

  • Can fix any type of damaged, encrypted or password protected .rar and .zip files with ease
  • Capable to repair RAR error no file to extract as well as ZIP file related error after corruption or damage issues
  • Compatible to run on both Windows and Mac operating systems for fixing inaccessible RAR and ZIP files
  • Consists of instant repairing algorithm which scans and repairs every corner of the .zip and .rar archives and make them accessible
  • You can preview the repaired WinRAR and WinZip files beforehand with the help of inbuilt “Preview” option which is enabled in both demo and real version of the tool
  • Provides demo version of the software along with technical support for whole year so as to solve any type of product related query