DewIT Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Can't seem to get imgburn to work for me....newbie just started using imgburn a couple days ago. Goal is to back up a 50GB folder to multiple DVDs. The folders contain large .dv files which need to be kept in their raw format. Initially tried creating the entire 50GB .iso file but when I tried to burn to dvd it failed. I then figured out how to set the File Splitting for "Build". I set the file splitting to 4GB and then tried to create .iso files for each individual .dv file.....there are 5 of them spread across 3 folders under the main folder. The .dv files range from 14GB to 17GB each. Imgburn created 5 files (xxxx.i00 - xxxx.i04) and the .mds file. When I try to burn the .mds to DVD it appears to get to the end of the dvd then errors out. Or a more simple question....how do I get this 50GB folder onto DVDs? **** I 16:43:21 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started! I 16:43:21 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 16:43:21 Total Physical Memory: 2,086,980 KB - Available: 1,387,208 KB I 16:43:21 Initialising SPTI... I 16:43:21 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 16:43:21 Found 1 DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 ImgBurn doesn't do what you're trying to do. Use a proper backup tool, file splitting isn't what you want it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DewIT Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks LUK. Just to be sure, I can't take a 17GB .dv file and write it to an .iso with the Build option for file splitting of 4GB then write it to DVD? Imgburn created the .i00 - .i04 files plus the .mds, file what is the purpose of this functionality if not for making multiple DVDs from large files? Thanks again and kudos to a nice piece of software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 The purpose is to create a split disc image, not splitting a file over several discs. Have a look at 7-Zip / WinRAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DewIT Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Mmalves, thanks. I use 7-zip but am not familiar with how it can be used to split up a 17GB .dv file. Can you shed some light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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