{"id":49551,"date":"2014-10-21T21:25:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=49551"},"modified":"2014-10-21T21:25:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:25:09","slug":"free-portable-archiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/free-portable-archiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Portable Archiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">The 100% free &#038; clean archive tool of choice for Jim at Dave&#8217;s Computer Tips.<br \/>&#8211;PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<h4>Free Portable Archiver<\/h4>\n<p>by Jim Hillier for Daves Computer Tips<\/p>\n<p>There is no shortage of free archiving tools, including 7-Zip and PeaZip among the most popular offerings. I could never get my head around 7-Zip\u2019s interface myself so my personal favorite has always been PeaZip portable. 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