Can someone tell me how to compress files, i have a file thats 14.4Mb but i want to email it to someone but its too big so i tried compressing it using winrar but i've just noticed the file is the same size in rar format as the origional so i must be doing something wrong:headvswal

what type file are you trying to compress?

Whats the file type your trying to compress?

 

Some files dont compress much more, i.e JPEGS

its a program file (spyware doctor)

Steve

 

Does winrar not allow you to split the file u want to compress into smaller volumes ie split a file into 4 sections so u can e-mail them in 2 mails for example. Also some yahoo e-mail accounts allow u to mail 20 Mb.

 

Cheers John

Steve

 

Does winrar not allow you to split the file u want to compress into smaller volumes ie split a file into 4 sections so u can e-mail them in 2 mails for example. Also some yahoo e-mail accounts allow u to mail 20 Mb.

 

Cheers John

 

I just tried with yahoo and it said i have exceeded the 10Mb limit, so i am trying it with my virgin media (blueyonder) email as that allows 20Mb but i have been having problems with virgin all day, even lost all my tv channels.

I'll try splitiing the file with winrar although i don't really know what i'm doing lol.

if the program is a setup file then the chances are its compressed quite well anyway and you wont be able to squeeze much more out of it. have you tried winzip?