dvd to cd

[camioneur]

I have a program on dvd that takes up 1.5 Gb..My friend has a computer without a dvd drive only CD. How can I get my prog onto his machine when a CD only holds 700Mb.

[fo3nix]

you could try zipping the stuff on your DVD into two smaller zip files, and copy each one to their own CD.

[Buenchico]

Method 1: Find someone who'll lend you an external DVD drive (together with its software) and temporarily install it on your friend's PC. (Disadvantage: Not many people have an external DVD drive to lend out!)

Method 2: Set up a local area network between the two computers. (Disadvantage: You'll have to move one computer to the location of the other, buy some cables and spend time reading the Windows help files).

Method 3: Install p2p software on both PCs and get them to communicate directly with each other via the internet. (Disadvantage: Well, you won't get any help from me 'cos I know next to nothing about how to do it!).

Method 4: Upload the file to a file transfer site on the internet and then download it to your friend's PC. [Google 'transfer large files' to find a suitable free - or 'free trial' - service]. (Disadvantage: Even with broadband the upload and download times might be quite lengthy. Also, many of the free file transfer services have a file size limit of 0.5Gb or 1 Gb. To transfer a larger file you might have to sign up for a free trial of a service which means giving out your credit card details).

Method 5: Use a (free) file-splitting/joining program to divide the original file up into several smaller files. Copy these onto several CDs. Load these onto your friend's PC, together with a copy of the joining/splitting software. (Disadvantage: Not a lot!)

Free file-splitting/joining software can be found here:
http://www.download.com/Chainsaw/3000-2248_4-10394432.ht ml?tag=lst-0-3
or here:
http://www.download.com/Fast-File-Saw-Joiner/3000-2196_4 -10442817.html?tag=lst-0-1

Chris

[camioneur]

thanks Chris, bet your finger hurts now after all that typing....some good ideas there especially splitting software that I knew nothing about. many thanks mate

[fo3nix]

Yea, the file splitting idea is the same thing that I was meaning. Perfectly possible.

If both computers are on broadband internet (and both pretty fast), then you could use Limewire to directly connect between the two computers and share the files:

http://www.limewirepro.net.tc/

There's a tab at the bottom-left to do this.