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Thread ID: 20009	2002-05-27 10:06:00	File bigger than will fit on CD-what now?	Guest (0)	Press F1

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51104	2002-05-27 10:06:00	Every month at work I backup our data files by burning them onto a CD. Over time the files have got bigger requiring several CD's to fit them all. One file in particular is very large and now is around 700Mb in size and won't fit on a CD. Is there a way to save one very large single file over 2 (or more) CD's? Thanks for any suggestions.	Guest (0)
51105	2002-05-27 10:26:00	Umm why not just get a 700MB CD. Or you could just not back up as much at once. JM	Guest (0)
51106	2002-05-27 11:32:00	Hi Bruce, As far as I am aware WinZip (compression utility) has ability to compress and than split files into several parts. For now maybe you will gain enough even if you only compress that one large file. There are also several other utilities that are allowing you to split big files in smaller chunks (without compressing them first) and than assemble them again when needed. Search for them in www.dowload.com or www.tucows.com one of them is Delphino File Splitter 1.2 Hope this will help.	Guest (0)
51107	2002-05-27 12:48:00	Yeah I was going to suggest Winzip's span disk property, although I wonder if this works for burning to CD's or if it only works for floppies. It's worth a shot anyway and might be worth looking into :) Callum	Guest (0)
51108	2002-05-28 05:56:00	Are you backing up the same data each time. Maybe once you have done a BU you can delete the data already backed up then start with a smaller file size. Dont know if this makes sense. Cheers Colin	Guest (0)
51109	2002-05-28 08:49:00	Thanks for all the suggestions-will certainly give them a try. As first time user of 'Press F1' I'm most impressed at the number of replies in just 24 hours... Once again thanks.	Guest (0)
51110	2002-05-28 11:18:00	Hi Bruce many backup utilities will do incremental backups ie will backup only what has changed since your last backup. I was also under the impression that some burning software allowed you to span over several CDs. Have only just started using CDRW myself but, am sure I saw that option in one of the apps I have. Cheers Murray P	Guest (0)
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