Archive to DVD media?

[Paul Wylie]

A friend of mine has a business where he frequently needs to send *LARGE*
quantities of data to his clients (15-20GB is not uncommon). He'd like to
be able to generate some sort of self-extracting archive that can be
spanned across multiple DVDs--one that runs on Windows, natch.

He's tried WinZip and has come to the conclusion that it's just not
capable of handling massive archives spanning multiple DVDs.

I'm at a loss. Any time I need to send large amounts of data somewhere, I
just send it as a CD or DVD without any massive self-extracting archives.

Does anybody have any thoughts? The self-extracting feature is critical
for my friend. He doesn't want the clients to have to install something
to extract the archives.

Oh, and just in case you're thinking of alternative media (whatever the
hell has replaced JAZ drives these days, for instance), forget it. He's
trying to grow his business and he needs to be able to send media to the
clients that they're likely to already be able to read. Tapes and
removable/external HDs are equally unlikely.

--Paul
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[Jim Thompson]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:45:18 +0000 (UTC), Paul Wylie

Post by Paul Wylie
A friend of mine has a business where he frequently needs to send *LARGE*
quantities of data to his clients (15-20GB is not uncommon). He'd like to
be able to generate some sort of self-extracting archive that can be
spanned across multiple DVDs--one that runs on Windows, natch.
He's tried WinZip and has come to the conclusion that it's just not
capable of handling massive archives spanning multiple DVDs.
I'm at a loss. Any time I need to send large amounts of data somewhere, I
just send it as a CD or DVD without any massive self-extracting archives.
Does anybody have any thoughts? The self-extracting feature is critical
for my friend. He doesn't want the clients to have to install something
to extract the archives.
Oh, and just in case you're thinking of alternative media (whatever the
hell has replaced JAZ drives these days, for instance), forget it. He's
trying to grow his business and he needs to be able to send media to the
clients that they're likely to already be able to read. Tapes and
removable/external HDs are equally unlikely.
--Paul
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...

There is a program set called Slice/Splice. I don't know if it works
with CDs or DVDs, but it might be worth looking into.

...Jim Thompson

[Brian Hance]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:45:18 +0000 (UTC), Paul Wylie

Post by Paul Wylie
A friend of mine has a business where he frequently needs to send *LARGE*
quantities of data to his clients (15-20GB is not uncommon). He'd like to
be able to generate some sort of self-extracting archive that can be
spanned across multiple DVDs--one that runs on Windows, natch.
He's tried WinZip and has come to the conclusion that it's just not
capable of handling massive archives spanning multiple DVDs.
I'm at a loss. Any time I need to send large amounts of data somewhere, I
just send it as a CD or DVD without any massive self-extracting archives.
Does anybody have any thoughts? The self-extracting feature is critical
for my friend. He doesn't want the clients to have to install something
to extract the archives.
Oh, and just in case you're thinking of alternative media (whatever the
hell has replaced JAZ drives these days, for instance), forget it. He's
trying to grow his business and he needs to be able to send media to the
clients that they're likely to already be able to read. Tapes and
removable/external HDs are equally unlikely.

...

Roxio CD/DVD Creator does this. Self extracting and all. I used it
to back up my music archive just last week before a format and
reinstall. All was cool.

--
Brian Hance
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[Paul Wylie]

Post by Brian Hance
Roxio CD/DVD Creator does this. Self extracting and all. I used it
to back up my music archive just last week before a format and
reinstall. All was cool.

Excellent. I've forwarded your suggestion to my friend and he's promised
to check it out.

--Paul
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