Sending a big file?

spacker_2

I need to send a file 115mb but https://www.yousendit.com have now limited sending sizes to 100mb, has anyone any other ideas as transferbigfiles.com also failed in sending.

Cheers

albertross_2

use a file splitter, or zip it (if it isn't compressed already)

Marty999

Have you tried zipping the file up first to compress it?

spacker_2

Hi


Yes its zipped already, and would a file splitter be ok for a zipped .exe file and any reccomendations, also I used to know a program where I defined the file I wanted to send in ftp and it gave a url to who I wanted to send it to and it was quick as anything, but I can't remember the name of the ftp program.

ichibanto

Marty999 wrote:

Have you tried zipping the file up first to compress it?

1. Download this free excellent archiving product (WINRAR) which is better than WinZip in my opionion - I'm an ICT professional.

http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4-10583567.html?tag=lst-0-1

2. Install, pretty straight forward instructions.

3. Right click the large file you want archive and select option "Add to archive"

4. In the window (bottom left hand corner) select "Split to volumes, bytes" and enter the size of each RAR archive you want. For 100Mb you could do say, '10' 10MB ones.

5. Click OK and it's done!

spacker_2

ichibanto wrote:

1. Download this free excellent archiving product (WINRAR) which is better than WinZip in my opionion - I'm an ICT professional.

http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4-10583567.html?tag=lst-0-1

2. Install, pretty straight forward instructions.

3. Right click the large file you want archive and select option "Add to archive"

4. In the window (bottom left hand corner) select "Split to volumes, bytes" and enter the size of each RAR archive you want. For 100Mb you could do say, '10' 10MB ones.

5. Click OK and it's done!

WinRar had the same compression ration as Winzip for this particular file.

albertross_2

http://www.dekabyte.com/filesplitter/

yes splitting a zip file is fine, just needs to be put back together at the other end.

onzey

spacker

Not sure if there's a limit using Messenger but if you and the person you want to send the file both had it you could try sending via that.

spacker_2

onzey wrote:

spacker

Not sure if there's a limit using Messenger but if you and the person you want to send the file both had it you could try sending via that.

Mmmm never thought of that, lol :beer:


albertross does the file splitter put it back together again? I expect it does :think:

Yeah it does I just read the gumph.

Terminator3d

You could try using NetMeeting.

To run in Windows XP go to Start > Run > then type "conf" in. This will launch NetMeeting which is as simple as messenger to use and should be a built in component into all XP machines. Previous versions of windows do have NetMeeting but I cant remember which versions contain it as standard. File transfer is included in NetMeeting and may be a little more reliable than Messenger. Messenger can certainly be a little dodgy with transfer speeds too.

Donnie

http://www.!!!!!!/ 300MB limit.