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how to zip more than 4 gb size from winzip

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vikasg03
vikasg03 Original post #1
Feb 20, 2006 at 10:23 AM
hy
i want to zip 8 GB file but winzip 8.1 reject to zip more than 4 GB file. how to zip. Is any newer version of winzip support it?. please help
M
Feb 20, 2006 at 12:16 PM
Are you trying to save the zipped file on a FAT32 partition? A FAT32 partition does not support a file size greater than 4 GB. So, you will have to either reduce the file size or use NTFS partition, if you're using FAT32 partition.
R
Feb 20, 2006 at 12:16 PM
hey you can use Win rar for that
alib_i
alib_i #4
Feb 21, 2006 at 2:16 AM
AFAIK ... it's not a problem with Winzip ... it's a problem with .zip file format
zip file algorithm has a limit of filesize upto 4GB
If you want to compress larger files ..
use other compression formats .. like .rar (Winrar) or .7z (7-Zip)

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