Compressed file too large to open?

[Guest MEH]

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

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: Compressed file too large to open?

 

MEH wrote:

> 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 :(

 

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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[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: Compressed file too large to open?

 

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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db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

"MEH" <mthill@buckeye-exNO_SPAMpress.com> wrote in message

news:b9udnS16Da04k93VnZ2dnUVZ_r6rnZ2d@buckeye-express.com...

>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

>