If you're on an older computer and don't have compression software, you'll have to take a little tour of the Internet to find the very best zip solution for you. There are tons of free archiving and compression tools that offer the ZIP format.
So let's start with the obvious. If you don't have any compression tools, head over to http://www.stuffit.com/. You'll find that StuffIt software is available for Mac or PC and lets you compress and expand several different types of formats including .zip
. The standard edition is most likely all you'll ever need, and while there's nothing wrong with purchasing good commercial software, you'll have plenty of time to play with the trial version. The trial for the standard software is 15 days, but you might find that it lasts longer than that (especially if you're patient while the continue trial button loads). If you're on a PC, you also have WinZip as an option (http://www.winzip.com/) where again, you're given a trial period that does...