photo space

[codswallop]

Other than putting my many photos on disc,what is the best way of saving them on pc so that they free up more space?
Thanks in anticipation!!!

[vehelpfulguy]

You can ZIP them all up into a single file with a program like WinZip.

In the process this will compress them.

But if they are jpegs (they probably are) then I doubt if compessing them will save much space.

If you have not got them backed up to CD or DVD then you should do so urgently as one hard disk crash (or if someone steals your PC) and you could lose the lot.

[codswallop]

That's a good tip about putting them on CD anyway and I'll also try WinZip.
Thanks for the prompt reply!

[fo3nix]

You need either another hard drive to store your photos on, or just burn them to CD.

[codswallop]

Thanks for your answer,I can now consider my options.

[ACtheTROLL]

If they are JPGs you could well increase their size on disc if you zip them.I just tried with 23 files - 1.65MB
and got the following archive sizes
zip=1641k
rar=1639k
7zip=1635k
uha=1623k
(yes I'm bored!) - you can see the gains are minimal - not worth the effort
You can get win uha from http://www.klaimsoft.com/winuha/

The CD/dvd option makes much more sense

and with a prog such as
http://download.videohelp.com/tin2tin/
you can create a slideshow that will play on your TV

[codswallop]

Cheers everyone for your answers.As to yours ACtheTROLL I'm not so sure that I'm up to your level of competence yet!