WinRAR Question

[Rossco]

When extracting files using WinRAR it doesnt tax my PC at all, CPU usage sits at 2-3% for the program and is using little RAM to run the program either yet a full 5GB DVD file being extracted will take 10 minutes. Has always been the case on all my PCs.

Is there a way to make it use all the CPU to run faster or anything?





On further inspection, I opened WinRAR and managed to do a benchmark test which fully loads the CPU at 100% when testing!! What the hell!? Why would it not run full speed like this when actually extracting something.

[Number45]

Have you tried doing the same with your AV disabled? I know if I want to extract something large (And I trust the source, obviously) I always shut mine off and it cuts the extraction time considerably.

[Rossco]

Dont use an AV mate!

Maybe its just the way the program works, bit **** though.

[smouty]

When extracting a large file it is not the CPU that is the bottleneck but your HD especially if the source and destination are the on the same disk.

[babs]

Smouty speaks the truth. And by disk that means same physical disk, not just different partitions. Try extracting to a separate hard drive in your computer, that way you have one reading and the other writing, not just one trying to do both jobs at once.