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switchit
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10. June 2010 @ 16:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
When i'm extracting large files (2GB+) Winrar only uses half of my CPU. Sometimes even lower. I've tried 7-zip and that has the problem.

I'm not using any AV atm. and my PC specs are as followed:

HP Dv3-2140eo Entertainment
- Harddrive: Samsung HM320JI
- Proccesor: Intel Pentium T4200 (1M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
- Ram: 4GB DDR2 SDRAM
- OS: Windows 7

So what am i doing wrong?
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ntense69
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28. August 2010 @ 21:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by switchit:
When i'm extracting large files (2GB+) Winrar only uses half of my CPU. Sometimes even lower. I've tried 7-zip and that has the problem.

I'm not using any AV atm. and my PC specs are as followed:

HP Dv3-2140eo Entertainment
- Harddrive: Samsung HM320JI
- Proccesor: Intel Pentium T4200 (1M Cache, 2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
- Ram: 4GB DDR2 SDRAM
- OS: Windows 7

So what am i doing wrong?
when extracting winrar wont use 100% of cpu that way it gives you some cpu usage for other things
FPCDG
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30. September 2010 @ 00:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ntense69:
Originally posted by switchit:

when extracting winrar wont use 100% of cpu that way it gives you some cpu usage for other things
This is true. but you might be able to speed it up some. press ctrl alt del and if using 7, vista, or xp, click task manager. once you click that, right click on the winrar instance in the list. click go to process. the process will be highlited. right click on the process and change the priority to high
ps355528
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30. September 2010 @ 19:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
open the run box.. type.. format c: and press enter ;)



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3. October 2010 @ 02:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Harddrive speed is also a big factor. HD is always the bottleneck when there's a program which needs to write or read data occasionally. If you go with ssd drive, you might experience much faster extracting/compressing processes.

Winrar isn't able to take the full potential of your processor because of this.

Originally posted by ps355528:
open the run box.. type.. format c: and press enter ;)

Very funny, although that won't work.

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 3. October 2010 @ 02:41

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22. October 2010 @ 16:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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open the run box.. type.. format c: and press enter ;)


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22. October 2010 @ 19:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by switchit:
When i'm extracting large files (2GB+) Winrar only uses half of my CPU. Sometimes even lower.

Did you remember to check the "multitreading" box in WinRAR's settings as well as remember to uncheck the "Low priority" box?

If you have done both of those then, as far as I know, WinRAR will use the most CPU it's capable of.

Make sure you have an up-to-date version of WinRAR as well; the current version is 3.93.

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Kyle247i
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25. October 2010 @ 16:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
haha My Netbook has a better Clock speed of 1600 MHZ Mwhahahaz
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