Sure, WinRAR is perfectly suited for prepping files for upload and decompressing them after a download, but don't overlook the many other possibilities of compression. Files you don't use every day or week can be compressed to great effect (especially Word docs, databases, and any other text-based file)--and that means more room on your hard drive for Unreal mods and new music, right? Make sure you use the "Best" setting for this project. It's slower, but you'll get better compression than with "Normal" (which is more suited for frequent backups). WinRAR has the added advantage of enabling "solid" archives, a special, high-compression method that crams files into one continuous data stream. (Just be warned: solid archiving takes a long time, and if there's any damage to the archive later, you could have more difficulty recovering data.)
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