I had a large file that was too large to fit on a regular DVD (about 6 GB.) After a short search on Google I found a freeware app. called,
Machacha. The directions on the
website were somewhat vague but after a few trials I figured out how to use it. Basically you just drag n' drop the file you want to split onto the Machacha icon and then choose what format and what size files you want to end up with. After a long wait without any idea of progress I was left with the original file and 4 new files ending with the extension .0, .1, .2 and .3. So far so good. Unfortunately when I tried to rejoin the files it did not work. Maybe I am using it incorrectly. Maybe.
Back to Google!
Well, I found another app. called
HJSplit, also freeware. It uses buttons instead of drag 'n drop. This worked better, I think. I split the files and enjoyed the process. Two progress bars show you things are happening as desired and it gives you a final readout of the time taken to split or rejoin the file. I wasn't paying attention the time it took to split the 6GB file, but to rejoin the 4 files it took 535.89 seconds. I believe it was quite a bit faster when splitting.
Two other nice related features of this freeware app. is the ability to compare your 2 files with each other or use checksum. I am still testing this and comparing the original file with the rejoined file. I will post back tomorrow with the results, but so far I am very impressed with this application. A big thank you goes to
Håkan Gustavsson for writing this very slick, useful program.
