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Old 02-20-2015, 02:52
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Originally Posted by alephz View Post
Never use 7z for any valuable data, for temporary junk only. Rar is a best choice, especialy due error correction (Reed-Solomon). I seen a lot topics about all 7z packed data lost (possible via a few erroneous bits in archive). Built-in support 7z in Far is solely reason for me sometimes (rarely) to use 7z for noncritical tasks.
Can't say I have ever ran into this issue before since starting to use 7z. Been using it for a few years now too and not once have I had an archive corrupt on me. You sure the fault was 7z and not, perhaps, a HDD starting to fail or something? Not saying it can't be 7z's fault but just never seen that happen before.
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