This article describes what ZIP files are and why they're used in some situations. We'll also look at how to open one to see its contents, and how to convert the files inside to a different format ...

Windows will open RAR files, but to convert files to RAR format, you can make use of WinRAR or these free online tools. We show you how!

If you have a full, 750MB Zip drive or multiple, smaller Zip drives you want to write to a CD-ROM disk, try compressing the files first and then writing the smaller, zipped archive to the CD instead.