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I want to download some games for my son's computer that isn't on line but the games take up more space than the disk allows. I don't know much about zip files but, is that what I have to do to download games? Can anyone tell me a simple way to do it? If the file's you are downloading take up more space than is available, you've two choices; 1. Purchase a bigger hard drive 2. Don't download the games -- Regards Steven Burn Ur I.T. Mate Group www.it-mate.co.uk Keeping it FREE! > I want to download some games for my son's computer that > isn't on line but the games take up more space than the > disk allows. I don't know much about zip files but, is > that what I have to do to download games? Can anyone tell > me a simple way to do it? Read the question before replying. >-----Original Message----- >If the file's you are downloading take up more space than is available, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >. Apologies, when I saw "Disk", I thought you were referring to your hard disk, and not floppies..... -- Regards Steven Burn Ur I.T. Mate Group www.it-mate.co.uk Keeping it FREE! > Read the question before replying. > >-----Original Message----- [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > > >. Apologies again (just realised your not the OP) -- Regards Steven Burn Ur I.T. Mate Group www.it-mate.co.uk Keeping it FREE! Why would I need a bigger hard drive if I am trying to download these games to a disk intended for another computer? >-----Original Message----- >If the file's you are downloading take up more space than is available, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >. I hadn't realised you were downloading them to floppy........ -- Regards Steven Burn Ur I.T. Mate Group www.it-mate.co.uk Keeping it FREE! > Why would I need a bigger hard drive if I am trying to > download these games to a disk intended for another [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > >. ZIP is very suitable for this problem. Look for an option called 'spanning' - it is designed to enable you to create a ZIP file that is spread across several floppies and is then re-combined when you restore from the ZIP files to the other computer. Note that ZIP won't assist with downloading these files - you use ZIP after the files have been downloaded to your computer to prepare them for copying to the other computer. You can ZIP a ZIP file - it won't shrink in size, but the procedure gives you access to the spanning option which is what you need to do the copy. You then unzip it twice - once to get it from several floppies onto the other machine's hard drive, then a second time as part of the installation procedure.  SignatureJeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) >I want to download some games for my son's computer that > isn't on line but the games take up more space than the > disk allows. I don't know much about zip files but, is > that what I have to do to download games? Can anyone tell > me a simple way to do it? I believe this has the spanning option. Get Zip Centeral http://zipcentral.isCool.net >-----Original Message----- >ZIP is very suitable for this problem. Look for an option called [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >. The only disks I could ever find were all 1.44mb nothing in the line of games fits on that. How would you download onto several disks? Just remove one when it gets full and insert another? Please excuse my stupitidy. Learning on my own. >-----Original Message----- >ZIP is very suitable for this problem. Look for an option called [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >. Download ZipCentral (freeware) Allows disk spanning -- Regards Steven Burn Ur I.T. Mate Group www.it-mate.co.uk Keeping it FREE! > The only disks I could ever find were all 1.44mb nothing > in the line of games fits on that. How would you download [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > > >. When you use the spanning option to copy a file across multiple floppies it will tell you when to change disks. SignatureJeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) > The only disks I could ever find were all 1.44mb nothing > in the line of games fits on that. How would you download > onto several disks? Just remove one when it gets full and > insert another? Please excuse my stupitidy. Learning on my > own. |
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