Gerald Gollinger wrote: > My Compaq Presario 1.2 GHz, 256 K RAM, CD-R/W drive comes with 40 GB > of disk space including the Drive D non write over partition. > > I purchased a Maxtor 3200 external USB drive with 200 GB of space at > at $50 reduction in price. > > Is there any way of using a zip program to transfer large files on the > Maxtor to CD R or RW like one can do with floppy, that is, have > continuous upload to CD from the Maxtor and free large chunks of space there > and when desired download from CD back to the Maxtor for viewing. I do not > think so, just asking. > > Some burners has HB (or HD, can't remember which ) abilities. This is where it will compress and burn around 2 gig of data on a cd. But only the burner that burned it can read it. Pc -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.