Spliting files into bits that you can send via copy or backup to floppies, CD, DVD, USB, upload to hosts with file size limit restrictions, networks, send them by email etc. can be a pain sometimes! This is a awesome solution to solve that very problem using a freeware – GSplit!
Its a simple 3 step process , How?
- Click Destination Folder on the left menu and choose the folder where you want it to place the different pieces of the file. If the folder doesn’t exists, Gsplit automatically creates one.
- Click on Split file, choose thread priority and Internal Buffer size. It also gives you an option to execute a specific command automatically after splitting.
That’s it. After splitting the file, it creates an executable file which unites all the files into it’s original form. The person on the other end doesn’t need to have GSplit in order to run the file and it works like a charm.
You can also create two types of pieces, Spanned and Blocked. Spanned Pieces spans your file into different pieces onto multiple disks and asks you to insert the second disk to complete when the first one is full.
The Blocked Pieces option gives you the ability to build all the pieces in a specific folder with a specific size on each. For example, If you have a 700 MB file, you can enter the size, say 100 MB and it will split the file into 7 pieces so it’s easy for you to upload or share.
You’ll also see a Self-Uniting option, it’s preferred that you keep it at it’s default settings. When GSplit splits your file it automatically creates a Windows Executable file which joins/unites all the files together in order to restore the original file without the end-user having to install anything as mentioned above. If you un-check the Self-Uniting Option, the person who receives your split files needs to have the software in order to unite them back.
The download page also includes a portable version for your USB stick! Simply Awesome!
Source : MakeUseOf
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