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On Fri, 28 May 2010 15:56:42 -0700, thedockson wrote:

> Hello, I have to give some dvds to a client later or tomorrow and was
> going to use 7zip to create dvd sized chunks of files from a 25 gig
> folder, with thousand of files, but it wouldn't work, It would act like
> it's working but nothing gets created.
> 
> Tried to just highlight approx dvd size of files to be burned with win7
> and that gave errors of size.
> 
> So I need a dvd program that will automatically size files to be burned
> to dvd and prompt for the next dvd until the process is finished.
> 
> A linux app would be doable if I installed linux or if a live cd would
> have an app that would be nice, but a free windows app would be better.
> 
> Thanks for suggestions.

If you want to use a regular archive application I think you will have to 
separate the archive creation from the burning process as you have been 
trying with 7zip.

Along the same lines you could try Peazip, although it 
"chunks" (backup.zip.001 ...backup.zip.002 etc) the archive same a 7zip 
so it might not work either. 7zip should work and possibly lack of memory 
or free disk space is stopping the process.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/
It does have presets for common sizes and a portable version you could 
give to your client for unpacking.

Otherwise a regular backup application, haven't tried this but it is free.
http://www.acebackup.com/

IMHO the more complicated you make things the more chance of something 
going wrong. I would be very tempted to select and burn the files 
straight to dvd(s). Most burning applications will tell you how full the 
disk is going to be and dvd media is cheap.

There are a few things in linux, 
luckybackup http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/
and dkopp http://kornelix.squarespace.com/dkopp/

but by the time you figure out 'howto' you could have the job done in 
windows as a straight copy.


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rich