Suppose that you want to attach a file on an e-mail message but the file is too large for sending through your mail server. Or you want to copy a file to USB drive but the file size is exceed the limit of your USB drive can hold.

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To create a split Zip file, you would need to: Create a new Zip file or open an existing one in WinZip; Click the Tools tab and click Multi-Part Zip File; Type the name for your split Zip file and choose a target folder Note: The name must be different from the name of the open Zip file. Click OK to create the Split Zip file. In this post, I’ll show how to split a large file into smaller files using 7-Zip. 7-Zip is an open source software which can compressed/uncompressed file in various formats. Other Zip softwares such as WinZip, WinRar, etc. Can do this, too. The steps are similar to 7-Zip. Step-by-step split large file using 7-Zip. Download and install 7-Zip.

To solve these problems, you can split the large file into smaller files using Zip software. So, you can attach these smaller files to e-mail messages or copy to your USB drive as you want. To get the original file back, you can open these smaller files using any Zip software and you’ll get the original file.

In this post, I’ll show how to split a large file into smaller files using 7-Zip. 7-Zip is an open source software which can compressed/uncompressed file in various formats. Other Zip softwares such as WinZip, WinRar, etc. can do this, too. The steps are similar to 7-Zip.

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Step-by-step split large file using 7-Zip

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1. Download and install 7-Zip on the PC. You can download it from http://www.7-zip.org.
   
2. In this example, I’ll split Book.pdf (~30 MB.) into smaller Zip files which the file size must not exceed 10 MB.
   
3. Right-click on the file -> Select 7-Zip ->Add to archive.
   
4. On Add to Archive,
   • Name the archive file.
   • Select archive format.
   • Define file size limit you want. In this example, I’ll limit to 10MB.
   • Click OK.
5. The program is compressing the file.
   
6. When finishes, you’ll see that a large file is split into new smaller Zip files which size are limit as you defined. In this example, I get 3 file: Book.zip.001, Book.zip.002 and Book.zip.003.
   
7. To get the original file from these Zip files, right-click one of these Zip files -> select 7-Zip -> click Open archive.
   Note: You can open these Zip files with other Zip software since they are .zip file now.
   
8. The 7-Zip program will be opened and you’ll see the original file.
   

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Like WinRAR, 7-Zip, and other file compression tools, HJSplit can be quite useful for handling backups. For instance, a large-sized file of 10 GB can be easily split into smaller parts, which can be burnt to DVDs, CDs, uploaded to services like Dropbox, or copied to flash drives.