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    7zip question about splitting archive.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by 133794m3r, May 5, 2009.

  1. 133794m3r

    133794m3r Notebook Consultant

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    Is there anyway to split it into let's say 2 parts from the GUI. I've been looking around it and i can't seem to do this and it's very annoying as my Flash drive is FAT32 so that means 8GB max file size. So is there anyway to do this?
     
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes...
    BTW...fat32's file size limitation is 4GB.

    When you archieve a file, just specify your "split to volume, bytes" otpion to your needs.
     
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    133794m3r Notebook Consultant

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    oh ok well i knew it was small :/. OK i'll try it again.
     
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    BTW.. I just notice you're on my contact list on my MSN.... LOL

    I knew i saw your username somewhere.
     
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    Try formatting your flash drive to NTFS. You'll lose some space, but if you have more than 2GB you probably won't notice the difference.

    If I recall (last time I did this was in XP, things may have changed), you won't be able to do it by right clicking the drive and selecting Format; it will only give you the options of FAT or FAT32. But it's entirely possible to format it to NTFS using the Command Prompt.
     
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    Windows does that if you're using a flash drive that's below 2GB or something. Larger capacity flash drive (below 32GB) have both fat32 and ntfs, but not fat.
     
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