How do we copy to Multiple floppy disk, files larger then 1.44 MB?

[jkac123]

Is there a program to use multiple floppys to copy larger then capacity files?

[Steve R Jones]

Winzip will let you "span" multi disks...

[BobOmega]

oh wow i used to now a program that woul do just that.
but for the life of me i can't think of it right now. but winRAR can do it as well. think of all thoes warez sites that do it......

[herosrest]

Ther is a program called Slice & Splice which works quite well
Its a bit longwinded for 21C.

Its free/shareware? try the Downlosd libraries for the file name
or slice.ZIP.

[taftdb]

You can also try SPLITS (free), I have used it and it works well, but I like the WinZip span disk option better.

Split a Binary File into Multiple Chunks

http://www.fourmilab.ch/splits/

Usage:

splits filename.exe 1423

NOTE: 1423K = 1.38Mb or the capacity of a formated diskette.

Syntax to recombine:

copy /b file.exe.001+file.exe.002 file.exe

[Randaroo]

I like a little proggy called jrsplit because it generates a batch file which allows you to reassemble the file on any puter. You can get it here. (http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools)

[Eve]

Winzip is fast, easy and FREE for evaluation use ! :D

And you can use in e-mail too !

Good Luck !

[Bothra]

I like WINRAR coz you can specify how big you want each file to be.

[jkac123]

Hey!!

Thanks to each and everyone;)

Icertainly have enough options now:)

jkac123

[jkac123]

Randaroo,
or whom it may concern:D

I have "jrsplit file" however I am not having much luck with it. Everytime I try to do the split it says error "stream write error"

I went to the help page and it is pretty basic.

Any suggestions?

jkac123;)

[Randaroo]

I would download it again, it may be corrupt. It's a simple program, doesn't install any files anywhere else.

[pgriffet]

Hi, there is a way to put more than 1.44 Mb on a floppy, you can go to 1.72 Mb.
There are many softwares which do it, one of them is SuperFormat Version 2.7 by Faiz.
But I've lost the url, sorry. I think a simple search on google will help, the zip file is 80 Kb.

From the readme.txt of SuperFormat :
"This is a freeware developed by yours truly. Themain object behind the project was to increase the available disk space . The software changes the way files are stored on the floppy .It utilises some of the space used by the file system to increase the storage space to 1.72 MB."
Or a shareware : Maxidisk http://www.herne.com

In fact, this format was used by MS a few years ago, you know, those 20 floppies with Win95 or MS Office, it's called DMF (Distribution Media Format). It has nothing to do with compressed drives, it simply optimizes the physical space on the floppy.
Pierre.