I have a picture on my desktop I need to get to my laptop. The file is too large to fit on a disk. How can I make the file smaller so it will fit? I have tried to network but I can't get the computers to talk back and forth. My cd reader-writer won't work. Of course this happens on a weekend and I can't get my computer worked on till Monday. A 3.5 in disk drive is all that is workingon both computers. Is there a way to compress the file in CorelDraw 9, put it on a disk and then move it to my laptop? I sure would appreciate any help. Posted by VICTORGEORGIOU (Member # 474) on :
You could try WinZip to compress it. WinZip has an evaluation download that you can use to try it.
There are other programs like WinZip but I am not familiar with them. Vic G
Posted by David Wright (Member # 111) on :
You could email it to yourself and download from the laptop if you can access it that way. Got a flash memory card reader for your digital camera? Copy it that way and connect to your other computer to retrieve it.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
In the past, I have occasionally used file splitter software. The following link to a free software download may help you to a solution.
Both will let you span large archives across multiple disks if neceessary...
Posted by Tony McDonald (Member # 1158) on :
You said "picture" .... just checking because if it's partially a vector you could save it in pieces on several floppys and put it back together on the other machine.
You could save it as a high res jpeg as close to 1.4 megs as possible.....that would be a much smaller file.
Just a couple thoughts that might work.
Posted by Bill Cosharek (Member # 1274) on :
Or if you have a usb port on each, you can get one of those removable drives which store anywhere from 64 - 256 of memory, depending on which size you buy, to store it without reduction. I see a couple (128mb) on sale now for somewhere between $20 to $30. Can't think of the name right now.
Jumpdrive
[ August 18, 2003, 09:12 AM: Message edited by: Bill Cosharek ]
Posted by Cpack (Member # 2011) on :
I tried to net work the two computers one more time and I really made a mistake. My laptop gave me a fatal error and told me to push any key. Now all that will come up is "Operating System Not found". That happened to me once before and I lost everything that was on the computer. That was a costly fatal error. All the pictures and work from this whole year was on it. The pictures are the things I am upset about. I have tried backing up that system before and it doesn't backup. I checked what was suppose to be my backup and it is blank. I guess I know what I will be doing today.
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