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Compression Queries......

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/compression-queries.44940/

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hell_storm2004 Original post #1
Dec 28, 2006 at 7:48 PM
Hi everyone,

I have the a .mds and .mdf files whose size is about 4.5 GB.... can u tell me how can i compress it to about a maximum of 1.5 GB? And please tell me the name of the software to do it with. I have seen huge mds and mdf files compressed to a few KB's in WinRAR? how can i do it???? Pleae help!!!
s18000rpm
Dec 28, 2006 at 7:55 PM
i dunno about WinRAR, but you can give KGB Archiver a try.

if you have more than 512MB RAM & some time then only try it. :wink:
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Dec 28, 2006 at 8:14 PM
ya i have 512MB RAM.... lets c.....
nishant_nms
Dec 29, 2006 at 12:04 AM
I will not work. U cann't compress it so much
Choto Cheeta
Dec 29, 2006 at 12:27 PM
kgb takes a hell lot of a time while u r doing it for best compression settings... and the pressure and load it puts on the CPU, running it for 36 or 48 hours will gonna cause some harm for sure...

looks great on paper, but its useless without pro coooling system for with a high performance system...