I downloaded the new updated Postal stp with 2 spin off games that run on the Postal 2 game platform. The new Postal 2 and it's spin off games take up 7.0gb of space uncompressed. Is there a way to compress all of the files down to fit on one 4.7gb dvd without using PKzip? I want to make a backup DVD just in case, God forbid, something happens to the HDD and I have to reinstall everything.
Steve
Why not use a flash drive? It would be quicker, cheaper, and you wouldn't have to use pkzip.
Play2mefish we must be reading each others thoughts. I just had a flash like a light bulb coming on in my head just as I was powering up the laptop. I have a 8gb, a 16gb and a 64gb USB flash drives that are just sitting there collecting dust, I get them free from the VA and the Veterans Stand Down's. I get the flash drives free because they have info on them from various VA help sources.
I am from the old school before USB flash drives were readily available and cd/dvd's were the name of the game. I also was around when open reel magnetic tape data storage was used for the Eckert-Mauchly UNIVAC I computer. I have been inside a UNIVAC 1 computers changing out vacuum tubes. I also used to fix radios and tv's that had vacuum tubes in them, it that gives you an idea as to how old I am. OOO thanks for the tip.
Curious, why not use PKZip with the DVD or Win 10 built-in compress? Flash drive is a better choice, agree, just satisfying my curiosity.
I could use PKzip. My OS is Win 10 Home 64bit. I am still learning about Win 10. I didn't know Win 10 had a built in compress. Where do I find info on how to use the Win 10 compress? and the DVD burn? Not to long ago I jumped from Win 7 Home 32bit to Win 10 Home 64bit. It has sometimes been a challenge getting use to all the changes in Win 10. Thanks for the info Zruker.
How to use the built in Windows 10 compression is really easy...just highlight the files that you won't to compress, right click the highlighted files, and then click Send To, and then select a compressed zip folder and away you will go.
Then to burn the compressed folder to a dvd, just right click the compressed folder, and again use send to, and send it to your dvd drive, and the follow the prompts. Very easy.
As has been said, zip compression is built into File Explorer and is easy to use. More on that in these tutorials.
Zip a File or Folder in Windows 10
Unzip Files from Zipped Folder in Windows 10
But it also works the other way round too. File Explorer treats a .zip file as if it is a folder. You can explore it in File Explorer as easily as you can explore a normal folder.
Thanks all for your input's. I solved the problem with an adapter that I got from a friend that lets a SD card plug into the adapter then the Adapter plugs into the USB port. I stuck a 16gb SD card into the adapter and copied the whole Postal directory to the SD card. Then I used a label maker and stuck a label on the adapter. Problem solved. There is more then 1 way to skin a catfish.
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