I had Windows Me and have seen Windows XP, they have compressed folders which works like a zipping program, but I know have Windows 2000 Professional, and I have to use WinZip, is there a way around this? Because I dont like WinZip because it's interface is not like Windows Explorer where I can thumbnail my photos. Hope someone has the solution! THANKS!
ZIP files in Windows 2000? Why do I have to use WinZip?
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use WinRar!!--> http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
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Dasein512 said:
Here is the deal, the zipped file only works on your system as long as it is formatted in NTFS. If you copy a compressed file from your XP machine onto a floppy disk, you will notice that the file size will be larger. In order to KEEP the file compressed when transfering it somewhere else (Email) you will have to use a third party software such as Winzip or Winrar. Not much we can do about it.
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Well, the best of these are going to be 3rd party applications. I personally use Winace. www.winace.com
I keep it all over my PCs so I never really have to download it when I need it for a new PC or a client. The interface is easy, you can do a little more than Winzip and the install method and interface is clever (and a little funny)
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I keep it all over my PCs so I never really have to download it when I need it for a new PC or a client. The interface is easy, you can do a little more than Winzip and the install method and interface is clever (and a little funny)
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Here is the deal, the zipped file only works on your system as long as it is formatted in NTFS. If you copy a compressed file from your XP machine onto a floppy disk, you will notice that the file size will be larger. In order to KEEP the file compressed when transfering it somewhere else (Email) you will have to use a third party software such as Winzip or Winrar. Not much we can do about it.
Here is the deal, the zipped file only works on your system as long as it is formatted in NTFS. If you copy a compressed file from your XP machine onto a floppy disk, you will notice that the file size will be larger. In order to KEEP the file compressed when transfering it somewhere else (Email) you will have to use a third party software such as Winzip or Winrar. Not much we can do about it.
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Heh, the gloves have come off 
Anyhow, I personally like winace, too. The best thing to do is look in some books, find out EXACTLY what the difference is in these file tables and then maybe you'd better understand what we are getting at. The question on "why" is kind of a layered question. You'd have to understand some other things first before you'd understand the reason why.
Anyhow, I personally like winace, too. The best thing to do is look in some books, find out EXACTLY what the difference is in these file tables and then maybe you'd better understand what we are getting at. The question on "why" is kind of a layered question. You'd have to understand some other things first before you'd understand the reason why.
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Dasein512 said:
Dasein,
The reason they don't act like seperate compressed folders is because the NTFS File system is the on that does the actual compressing. That's why you can just open up compressed folders and they look 'normal.'
When you copy the files to your floppy disk, it is running a different file system (Usually FAT) FAT does not support native compression or encryption so the file defaults to its normal file size.
If you want to keep the files compressed, you HAVE to use a third party software, that is the ONLY way to keep the files compressed regardless of the file system.
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