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Copying files to CD-R
Name: crazed nut Date: May 6, 2003 at 15:00:32 Pacific OS: Me CPU/Ram: p3 384Meg
Comment:
I want to copy a folder full of files to a CD-R, but the files take up around 9GB. Is there a Shareware/freeware program that will copy those files to cd and then when a CD is full the program will ask you to insert a blank CD to continue the copy process.
Name: michael2 Date: May 6, 2003 at 16:08:38 Pacific
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Don't know but... You can use a file compressor to squeeze the files into a smaller piece. Winzip & Winrar may be worth a look at. It might depend on what the files types are. I have a compressed Winrar file which when uncompressed expands from about 8mb to over 100mb (text file).
.wav (music files) can be compressed into .mp3 files which take up around 1/10 the size.
You can also cut & paste the files into new folders and fill each folder up to just under 700mb (if you are using 700mb CD-R's).
Just a thought... WinME has it's own zipper... try that first.
If you don't have it enabled.... I posted the 'how to enable' here yesterday... you can search for it.
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Response Number 2
Name: michael2 Date: May 6, 2003 at 16:11:49 Pacific
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This is the old post I just found..... http://computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/35659.html
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Response Number 3
Name: crazed nut Date: May 6, 2003 at 18:09:23 Pacific
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They are already in zip format. I could have by now did the copy paste thing, but that would have been a chore with roughly 4,000 files at total of 9GB.
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Response Number 4
Name: portchop Date: May 6, 2003 at 18:47:05 Pacific
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Use winzip or winrar. Set a maximum volume size (like 30 megs) and it's gonna make a bunch of files like:
Just make sure you have enough room for all those files. 9 gigs of mp3 files for exemple will make 9 gigs of compressed files on your hard drive (mp3 files are already compressed).
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