CD burning

[mitsui]

I have a prob... need your guys help. I downloaded a file with a size of 780MB, and i want to burn it in a cd that has a capacity of 700MB. How do i solve this prob? Is there a way to shrink the file smaller? so that it could fit in the 700MB size cd..

[kAi]

i'm not sure how.

but you could always split it

[Raven]

Depending what the file is, you might be able to zip it, but it's unlikely. It's too far over the 700.

[Jman]

i was going to suggest putting it into a zip or rar archive but as Raven said it's too far over 700MB.

edit: if the file is an iso that was formatted for cdr then it should burn with an image burning software without issues with space on the disc.

[Naroku]

maybe you could compress all of the files in a zipped folder, or just get a bigger CD

[fremeer]

first off what is the file, most files cant be zipped more then 10% but some files are not very well compressed. most likely you will need to find a file splitter prog, winrar has one built in and split it into 2.
another option is using an 800meg cd but they hard to find and they dont work everywhere.