[dba-Tech] WinXP Compress File Limitation

Well you would need probably 4-8 gig of free space in addition to the 
file, depending on what language wrote the compression utility there are 
things like a 2 gig limit on text strings in languages like VB and what 
degree of compression you obtain.

Ken Stoker wrote:

>Does anyone know if there is a file size limit when using Windows XP's file
>compression utility?  I have been trying to compress a 4GB SS2K backup file
>with a password and it is only able to compress what appears to be a portion
>of the file.  When I extract the file and the try to restore to another
>machine, the database files are corrupted.
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>Thanks for your help.
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>Ken
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