WinRAR vs Zip vs 7zip vs Others

[alephz]

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.

[atom0s]

Originally Posted by alephz

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.