The Black Cloud Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 I have a CD with various programms in it.It's a data CD with 700 Mb capacity. When I right click on the CD in My computer, it says 693Mb total disk space. But when I browse the CD and select all the files and then right click properties, it says they are 1Gbyte!!! I confirmed that by copying the CD to my hard disk (copy -paste). It took up 1 Gbyte of hd space!!! So , what's the deal? Is there a way to create compressed images and fit in 1 cd-r80 more than 700Mb of executable (not zipped) files ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdeboeck Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 with CDImage you can create a CD where identical files in different directories take up space only once. For instance you could have XP Home and XP Pro on the same CD, since many files will be the same for the two. It only works for identical files though, no compression or anythinghttp://unattended.msfn.orgYou can grab cdimage somewhere on that site, along with instructions on how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 that could also be a sign of copy protection mechanism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Cloud Posted June 12, 2004 Author Share Posted June 12, 2004 no it is not sign of copy protection mechanism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BM]Crusher Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 i downloaded a dvd iso image which is a multi-boot windows disk... it had tonnes of windows versions on it...i extracted the 4.35gb ISO file onto my hard drive to look at how they made it... it took up almost 10gb of space! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 dont download any multiboot disks & post about it lolregards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 oh he can post about it. I wouldn't go around bragging though, or link, or anything of that sort.I have the same disc, but like him I used it to see how they made the disc. It comes in handy sometimes. I don't install anything from it, just to see how they got it to work, so I can get mine working as well.it really irritates me how people think it's compression. Guess we'll just have to educate them all. There is some compression utilities outthere I believe, but none that would get that mcuh..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 I've seen a 44GB CD... Kinda useless because it was pretty much the same file over and over again, but then again, proofs of concept can be like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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