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MEH - 30 May 2008 15:21 GMT

I had a file with loads of stuff in it. I'm transferring info to a new
system so I thought to compress the file using the windows zip feature.

When I saw how big the zipped file is, like 498mB, I realized I should have
broken it into smaller chunks, discarded every file not needed and try
again. Wellll, it won't open because, I'm assuming, it's just too large.

Could that be why it won't open? If the zipped file is even larger than my
page file set on the system, that would stop it, right? Is there any way I
can recover the files in the zip? Stupid, stupid me I deleted the originals
because I thought they were safely zipped and ready to go :(

Any help or suggestions from anyone?

TIA,
Mary

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Shenan Stanley - 30 May 2008 15:36 GMT

> I had a file with loads of stuff in it. I'm transferring info to a
> new system so I thought to compress the file using the windows zip
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> me I deleted the originals because I thought they were safely
> zipped and ready to go :(

498MB is not *too large* for a compressed file.
It isn't small - but it is far from *too large*...

Stop assuming and post what the message is you get when you try to
decompress the file.

Have you __tried__ something like WinZIP, 7-Zip, etc to decompress or are
you purely using the built in features of Windows XP?

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db.·.. ><))) ·>` .. . - 30 May 2008 17:28 GMT

you can undelete the
files with a third party
program like "recuva"

just limit your disk
usage, do not do a
chkdsk or defrag in
order to preserve
the files that are still
on the disk but mark
for over writing.

if you are successful
then forget about the
zipping and do images
instead, like with
"drive image xml"

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>I had a file with loads of stuff in it. I'm transferring info to a new system
>so I thought to compress the file using the windows zip feature.
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> TIA,
> Mary

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