Is there a method other than using a compression program, such as PKZIP, to have a CD store more data than what the label says it will?
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Yes u are right. The only way to achieve that would be to use compression. However the amount by which data can be compressed is limited by the type of data and its characteristics. For example...\n\n1. A very large text document containing a novel can be compressed to around 20~30% of its original size. This compression however has to be lossless, i.e. the file recovered after decompression should have the same size, since u dont want ur text to have unwanted errors in it.\n\n2. Audio, specifically that within the human audible limits. Depending on the algorithm (eg. MPEG layer-3 or mp3, ogg-vorbis, WMA) used audio can be compressed to almost 10% of its original size (1CD 700mb to ~60MB). But these are lossy compression techniques, as in some audio data is lost but the differences is not perceptable to humans.\n\n3. Application - Typically installation files for programs. Pure binaries(eg. EXE files) can generally be compressed to about ~40% of their size and this compression needs to be lossless otherwise ur executable could get damaged. Most compression algorithms use various kinds of techniques to detect any errors introduced into the file using techniques like CRC.\n\n4. AV - audio+video, This is probably the case ur talking about in ur question. By use of appropriate software it is possible to compress an entire DVD movie (4.7GB) to a file of 700MB size which can fit on a single CD. This again uses lossy algorithms (DivX, xvid, WMV, MPEG4 etc.) using motion estimation (seeing which parts of a movie frame change) etc. techniques. (search google for auto-Gordian-Knot if you are interested in doing this)\n\nSo if u have seen someone compress 4.7GB onto a CD he was prolly doing it with a movie file. Movies downloaded from the internet are generally available in 700MB sized file so that they can conveniently fit on a CD.\n\nHope that helped.
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Sorry, your only option is encryption at this point. However, if you go through the copyright process with the government you can claim damages for any who tamper with your data. It is difficult but doable. In the meanwhile, even with a copyright you will need to encrypt in order to keep others from tampering. Now, you can use a read only disk. Then they can read what is on it but they can not write from it to another CD. Just go in and click on Properties, then check the "read only" box. That way they can read but not write.
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Well You can Because the Cd capacity for video files is measured in mins of video it stores on it not the size of the video file.\n\nTry Using Create Video Disc Option in your Burning Software to do it.\nif you are using Nero you can see it at start up screen of the software.
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Try these:\n\nhttp://www.cdspeed2000.com/\n\nIf you're burning a bootable CD, burn at 8X or less.  Bootable disks burned at higher speeds can have problems.
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It'll take up a LOT of space in the process, so it's very possible that your DVD decryptor might actually take up over 20GB of space to operate. Try clearing out some files, or using a computer with more space on it.
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immediately eh? YES SIR!\n\nas the poster above says, you can't get 1gb cds, they're smaller than that.\n\ndvds commonly hold 4.7gb, cds commonly hold 700mb - there are no 1gb cds or dvds.
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I would assume you got that on ebay from hong kong...they compress the drive to make it hold more and when you format it you take it back to its orriginal/correct size....you got screwed! I have not figuered out how to make it take 2 gigs again....I run a computer shop and I just had a customer with the same problem.\n\n-Doc-
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You could use DVD Shrink and compress the disk (it creates input files on your hard disk) plus it removes the Copy Protection Error found on the Disk plus if you specify what country it was originally intended for, the program removes the RCE Protection.(Regional Coding Enhancement)
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No form of electronic media will protect you completely from erasure or loss of data.\n\nThe only way to get the cds into data form that is the highest quality possible would be to extract to a lossless format, which tend to be very large files.\n\nYou have a large collection, so here are your choices:\n\n1) You can buy an external hard drive and extract/backup all these onto it.\n2) You can buy 15 of these to store and organize the cds: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=548251&CatId=0\n3) An IPOD.  Though I don't think even the largest would hold your entire collection within it.\n\nNeither of these solves all your problems though.  With such a large collection it will be costly to backup all your data into a lossless format.  You can also invest in a redudant backup system which will double backup your data onto external hard drives.
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Try WinISO, I've made backups of my program cd's or dvd's this way.  It turns it into an .iso file which you can mount if you have daemon tools.\n\nhttp://ts.searching.com/torrent/232407/WinISO_5_3_and_Registration_Info\nhttp://ts.searching.com/torrent/538950/Daemon_tools_3_7
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Most CD titles require the CD to be loaded to verify you own it etc.\n\nHowever, this program can help with what you are doing.\nhttp://www.virtualcd-online.com/
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If the file you downloaded is in the .ZIP format then winXP should handle it. However if you would like to get a free program that opens and creates ZIP files then you can get it from the link below. Good luck!
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Just burn it as a data cd. It should be fine you should be able to re-install it from the disk you make. Also put a word file with the serial if it required a serial # to install a full version on the cd as well. Thanks
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Limitations on file size would be my guess.
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Winrar is good product to use!!\nThere is product u can compress from 2GB to 10mb...just like u said!!!\n\nIt's called "KGB Archiver".  This is one most superme compression i ever know..u can compress from GB to MB or maybe KB!!!\n\nHowever, it takes a lot of time to compress it\nFor example, if u have 2GB software, u want to compress into 2mb...it at least 30 hrs to do it....it depends on ur system...(the better system u have, the less time u will have to wait)\n\nThe KGB system will take 90% of ram to do it!!!\n\nif u have slower system, it might take u a month or even year to compresss from 2GB to 2MB!!!\n\nDonwload and Description here:\n\nhttp://kgbarchiver.sourceforge.net/
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Zip The file. It faster because it reduce the file size remember to ask that person to scan for virus :)\nhttp://www.winzip.com
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Huh.  I never thought about it, but it looks like you're right. \n\nWell, I suppose you can always do a cp filename filename1 then do a gzip if you want to keep the original.