splitting/zipping .bkf file (XP-SP3)

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Hello. Can the resulting .bkf file from a Windows XP- home Edition backup be zipped and/or split so the .bkf file can be stored on CDs? (My .bkf file is 7,877,950 KB)

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Did you mean KBs, because my maths makes your file about 7.5 GB! About 12 CDs?

I would be surprised whether zipping it did much more compression, since a BKF file is already fairly well compressed.

Having backed up, what were you thinking of restoring?

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Hello and thanks for the reply. The BKF file that I currently have on a removable drive is 7,877,950 KB. It is a backup for a restore in case the C drive fails. I would like to put the BKF file on CDs. I am not experienced with splitting files. I do not know if splitting the BKF file would still allow it to be used for a restore.

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The file could be split – either immediately (using e.g. HJSplit http://www.freebyte.com )
or almost any zip utility (don’t compress just “store”) -these use the terminology of either “split” or “span”.
However, you would need to join the files again before you could perform the restore.

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Thanks much for the advice. I’ll give it a try. Best wishes

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