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Old 01-05-2006, 02:55 AM
palmerbrook
 
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Iv'e downloaded a file that is 876mb....is there a programme that will
decompress it to make it fit on to a 700mb disc?


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Old 01-05-2006, 02:55 AM
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palmerbrook wrote:
> Iv'e downloaded a file that is 876mb....is there a programme that will
> decompress it to make it fit on to a 700mb disc?


What is the extension for these files?

iso, bin, zip, rar, tar, gz, ace???


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Old 01-05-2006, 02:55 AM
Tom Porterfield
 
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:09:33 +0100, palmerbrook wrote:

> Iv'e downloaded a file that is 876mb....is there a programme that will
> decompress it to make it fit on to a 700mb disc?


You don't want to decompress it, you want to compress it. As to whether or
not anything can compress it down to make it fit on a 700MB disk depends a
lot on whether or not the file is already compressed. What type of file is
it?

There are a number of free compression utilities available, including one
included with Windows XP. In XP you can right click on the file and select
Send To->Compressed (zipped) folder. This will compress the file. If that
doesn't get the level of compression you need, you might try 7-Zip from
http://www.7-zip.org/.
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