How To Store

[nmleague]

Cant remember what it is called by I have a drive by Seagate that is like a thumb flash drive, but it is a disk about 2 1/2" in diameter.  It holds about 5.5 gig and if I recall cost in the $60 dollar range.   You turn it slightly and a USB connector comes free that you just plug into any USB port and the drive just hangs there.

[LewFisher]

Well, I seemed to provoke more of a response that I had anticipated. Let me sum up my thoughts.

!. I was not aware there were 800MB CD/R disks (I had called a couple of places and all they carry are the 700MB versions).

2. Thanks for the detailed instructions on how to obtain and use the zip to make multi zip files.

3. I was not aware Matrix will allow us to upgrade to the boxed version (my option) .

4. Lastly, I realize my posts seems abit shrill (considering I do have a DVD burner and a flash drive) but I just assumed there would be a simple way to store without having new technology. I learned there was.

[TheHellPatrol]

Well, i learned something too: not all 800MG discs may work with your drive, something different than a 700MG apparently? I decided to not bother ordering them special, and as i only have a CD burner i opted for the "flashdrive".

[AU Tiger_MatrixForum]

ORIGINAL: jsaurman

I'd be happy to enlighten you. All you had to do was ask.
Go to download.com, type in the word "zip" in the search box then hit enter. Then choose "Free" from the license type and hit the "Filter" button.
Now choose whichever program seems to fit your needs, I look at the number of downloads and the rating stars to help me make my decision.
I think IZArc is a good bet. Download it and install it.
Now open the program, click on the "Tools" menu, then choose the option "Create Multi-Volume Set", now it will ask you for the name of the file you want to split, which in my case is "ForgeofFreedom-setuprelease-v121DR.zip" and it will ask you what you want to name the new split file. I entered "Forge of Freedom Spanned". Make sure you indicate the size you want the chunks, change that box to say 700 mb.
Then push "OK" and it will just split the file into two new chunks. Mine came out named "Forge of Freedom Spanned.z01" which was 700 mb, and "Forge of Freedom Spanned" at 38 mb. I can now burn them to CD, and I'll also burn the IZArc file to the second CD, so I have the tool needed to reconstruct them back into one file if ever needed.
Very simple, and only took me about 15 minutes total, even though I had never used IZArc before. Once you have done this sort of thing with one program, they all are pretty much the same.
Hope this helps everyone. Any questions? Ask away.

Thanks.