Tip for those of you who unRAR big things.

Fleck · Mar 6, 2009, 04:24 AM

If you've done what I did and upgraded your computer to something twice as fast, you may have noticed that RAR files will always be limited by your hard drive speed. My proc doesn't even scale above 1.8GHz (It's a 2.8@3.4) when extracting RAR files.

Why? WinRAR copies files to a temp folder, you can actually find it right there in the options.

Now, taking hard drive geography and platters into mind, you can realize that the drive is doing a lot of extra needless work, copying from wherever your data is to that temp folder and then back to where the data will end up. For most of us, this data ends right back up in the folder or a subfolder of the RAR files folder.

The solution to the problem is so simple it's mind boggling. You just set the temp file field to blank and click OK. Done. I did this and noticed that it's like putting a performance camshaft in a motor; the RPMs are steady and the power band (extraction rate) is flat because you're working in just that one section/platter of the drive instead of having things copied over to your C drive and then back wherever they're going.

Cheers.

JrRacinFan · Mar 6, 2009, 04:26 AM

Major thanks for the quick tweak.

denice25 · Mar 6, 2009, 04:52 AM

thanks for that wonderful share!!

RadeonX2 · Mar 6, 2009, 04:55 AM

give the man

thanks for sharing!

D007 · Mar 6, 2009, 05:23 AM

cool deal, good to know

..
Sometimes I get some pretty huge rar files..

DaveK · Mar 6, 2009, 09:29 PM

Eh...I don't see this option lol. Could you point me in the direction I should be looking? It's probably really obvious but I don't see it lol.

Conflict0s · Mar 6, 2009, 09:36 PM

Thanks for sharing

FordGT90Concept · Mar 6, 2009, 09:45 PM

Um, does this actually help? Usually temp files are renamed (aka moved), not copied.

infrared · Mar 6, 2009, 09:54 PM

Wow, that makes a pretty big difference. Thanks a lot for the tweak!

Dave, it's in Options>settings>paths

DaveK · Mar 7, 2009, 03:55 AM

Ah, now I see it, thanks. This helps, unraring is much faster now

psyko12 · Mar 7, 2009, 05:02 AM

Wow! Never knew this simple tweak improved speeds in extracting! Lol. Time to spread the word. Thanks man!! Nice tip

Fleck · Mar 13, 2009, 08:43 AM

You guys are all very welcome.

alexp999 · Mar 13, 2009, 08:46 AM

Is there a similar option on z-zip, or does it not suffer from the same problem?

Fleck · Mar 13, 2009, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexp999

Is there a similar option on z-zip, or does it not suffer from the same problem?

7-Zip?

Plugins tab->Options button->Folders->select Current

Mar 6, 2009, 04:24 AM	#1
Fleck Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: FL Posts: 292 (0.19/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 43 Times in 26 Posts System Specs	Tip for those of you who unRAR big things. If you've done what I did and upgraded your computer to something twice as fast, you may have noticed that RAR files will always be limited by your hard drive speed. My proc doesn't even scale above 1.8GHz (It's a 2.8@3.4) when extracting RAR files. Why? WinRAR copies files to a temp folder, you can actually find it right there in the options. Now, taking hard drive geography and platters into mind, you can realize that the drive is doing a lot of extra needless work, copying from wherever your data is to that temp folder and then back to where the data will end up. For most of us, this data ends right back up in the folder or a subfolder of the RAR files folder. The solution to the problem is so simple it's mind boggling. You just set the temp file field to blank and click OK. Done. I did this and noticed that it's like putting a performance camshaft in a motor; the RPMs are steady and the power band (extraction rate) is flat because you're working in just that one section/platter of the drive instead of having things copied over to your C drive and then back wherever they're going. Cheers.

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