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I have a folder with 16Gbs of data one it, I want to write it on 4-5 DVDs, the problem is that, the normal Explorer drag drop will mess up the directory structure and the program will not install. I want to create multiple zip archives for it, each of 4 GB, and then burn it on DVD's. Anyone know how can I do that.
 
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Okay I just figured it out, I had to creat rar files rather than zip.
Still if anyone can tell me hot to make zips. I would really appreciate that.
 
Use disc spanning. WinRAR is very good with this, set the volumes to 4,294,967,296 bytes (I think I've done my sums right for 4GB) and archive the lot. It'll take a while, but you should end up with 4x4GB. Burn one to a disk, and then when you want to extract, copy all the files to the same directory and then extract.

Edit: You can select RAR or ZIP
 
Its impossible to have multiarchiving with winzip/zip format. Besides, rar has better compression. Alternatively you could compress it into Ace files (*.ace,*.c00,*.c01,*.c02, etc..). And then there are several programs that are standalone multiarchive compression compatible (includes a *.bat file that will decompress the files when run). However, the downside to that is if you somehow lose the *.bat there is no hope of decompressing it.

I hope that helps.
 
If you want it to be runnable without WinRAR, you can SFX it in WinRAR
 
Vanit said:
Its impossible to have multiarchiving with winzip/zip format. Besides, rar has better compression. Alternatively you could compress it into Ace files (*.ace,*.c00,*.c01,*.c02, etc..). And then there are several programs that are standalone multiarchive compression compatible (includes a *.bat file that will decompress the files when run). However, the downside to that is if you somehow lose the *.bat there is no hope of decompressing it.

I hope that helps.
ZIP has some sort of split archive format (I remember using it back in the DOS days to save bigger files into multiple floppys), but IIRC it is very limited and a pain to use.

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I'v myself once used winzip to save a 4MB zip archive on my Floppy, it divided the archive for 3 floopies, but I guess it doesn't allows this division in normal mode.
 
If you were a UNIX user, I'd tell you this:

$ zip -r backup.zip "Backup Folder"
$ split -b 4096m backup.zip
Burn xaa, xab, xac, and xad
Copy them onto the HDD.
Join them and extract:
$ cp xa* backup.zip
$ unzip backup.zip

Since you're using Windows, you just have to find a simple and free file splitting program and use that on the zip file. There are a lot out there, and if they simply split files up, then you can always join them again with the copy command from DOS:

> copy part1 + part2 + part3 completefile

Although I'm sure most of them would have easier methods of joining files by now.
 
IIRC winzip has splitting (i dont use it anymore, i prefer the winXP zip stuff lol)
 
i figured i was, most zip files i get are small (like zips from here) and i usually dont make zips.
 
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