Tip #3117 - Splitter Light 4.0
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Splitter
Light 4.0
To begin, let's say
you want to copy a document that is approximately 2 MB in size from one
computer to another. For this, you will probably look toward your USB
flash drive or a CD. You can't use either a a floppy disk or even zip
it, because your document is too large. If you still tried to copy the
file to a floppy disk, you would get the following error message:
So, what if you only
have a floppy disk drive and no other alternative devices (like a flash
drive or a CD drive?) It's going to be a big pain to move that file from
one computer to another, isn't it? So, basically, you need some sort of
utility that will help you break that file into pieces so that you are
able to copy the various parts onto a floppy disk. How helpful would that
be in these types of situations?!
Well, this is where
Splitter Light 4.0 comes in. It is a utility that will help you do just
that. With Splitter Light, you can break your documents into smaller pieces
and then copy them onto two or more floppy disks so they eventually combine
to make one singe file. This will obviously put your document back to
the way it was before, on the destination computer. Sounds good, right?!
Splitter Light is
compatible with all Windows operating systems (Windows 95, 98, ME, NT,
2000, XP and 2003). Awesome! You can download Splitter Light right here.
Okay, so now let's
see how we can split a file that is 2 MB in size onto two floppy disks
and then combine them back to make one single file. The following will
be the executable file, which is just 55 KB in size. It needs to be copied
onto one of the floppy disks you have.
- Once you have Splitter
Light downloaded, browse to find the document you need to split. Look
at the below screenshot for some help with this. Depending on the size
of your file, it will be split into two or more pieces that can then
be accommodated onto two or more floppies. The Output Directory
path will be generated automatically, but can be changed if needed.
- Click Split
and you will get the following screen for confirmation.
- Click Yes.
- Now, you will notice
that your file was split, along with one header file.
- Copy the first
file (which has the extension of .doc.001) to the first
floppy and put the remaining files (.doc.002, .doc.h00 and Splitter.exe)
on the second floppy.
Note:
Here, the files with extension .doc.001 and .doc.002
are the original files that were split into two. The file with extension
.doc.h00 is the header file that contains information
about the split file and the Splitter.exe file is the
utility that is going to help combine the file on your other PC.
- The files are now
copied onto the floppy disks, so go to your other computer where these
files need to be copied and pasted onto the desktop (or any other location
you prefer).
- Double click on
the Splitter.exe file and provide the path where you
have copied those split files and click Join.
- You will now get
the following confirmation to rejoin the files to make it look the same
as it was before. Click Yes.
- Now you can find
the file in its original state and size.
Note: Make
sure you copy the header file to the last floppy where
you copy the last split piece. Make sure to copy the Splitter.exe
file to the destination computer.
Check this out for
yourself and see how well it works!
~ M. Nagarajan
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