How To Decompress Files?

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Iv'e downloaded a file that is 876mb....is there a programme that will
decompress it to make it fit on to a 700mb disc?
 
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Iv'e downloaded a file that is 876mb....is there a programme that will
decompress it to make it fit on to a 700mb disc?
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What is the extension for these files?

iso, bin, zip, rar, tar, gz, ace???


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Iv'e downloaded a file that is 876mb....is there a programme that will
decompress it to make it fit on to a 700mb disc?
Click to expand...

You don't want to decompress it, you want to compress it. As to whether or
not anything can compress it down to make it fit on a 700MB disk depends a
lot on whether or not the file is already compressed. What type of file is
it?

There are a number of free compression utilities available, including one
included with Windows XP. In XP you can right click on the file and select
Send To->Compressed (zipped) folder. This will compress the file. If that
doesn't get the level of compression you need, you might try 7-Zip from
http://www.7-zip.org/.
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Tom Porterfield
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