How to Use Splitcomb File Splitter

  1. Create a new folder on the desktop. (This is not strictly necessary, you can split the file in the folder that it's already in. But this way, insures that the only files in your folder, are the ones put there by Splitcomb)

  2. Copy the file or program you wish to split into this folder. In this case I have created a folder (New Folder 4)on the Windows Desktop and pasted a zip file called (powarcsr551) into it.

  3. Go to wherever you unzipped the Splitcomb source files folder (In my case it was C:\unzipped\Splitcomb source files) and click on the four RED arrows. You can create a short cut to these and put it where you like if you want.
    (Ignore the other files which are in here. The designer provided all the files in case anyone else wanted to make some additions to his program.)

  4. When you have clicked on these the splitcomb window should appear.

  5. The window contains four buttons
    1. Split
    2. Combine
    3. Browse
    4. Close

  6. Click the browse button and go to the folder where you put the file you want to split. Click on the file and then click open. The file path and name will appear in the Splitcomb Browse window - (See picture above)
    In the chunk size window you will see that the program defaults to 1400 kb. (This is about as much information as one floppy disk can hold.) This can be changed if you want. (Say if you had a file that was 1800 kb (1.8MB) and you wanted to put half of it on each disk. You could click in here and change the size to 900 kb and this would tell Splitcomb what size chunks you wanted.)

  7. When you have the correct path and file name in the Splitcomb browse window. Click the split button. The bottom of the Splitcomb window will display the message split completed instead of Status Ready, (See above) then go to the folder where your file is and see what has happened.
    You should have something like this..

  8. There should be your oriiginal file, plus some others, now present in the folder. The amount of extra files is dependent on what size the original file was (and what chunk size you chose). In this case the file I split was (1.87MB) or (1870kb) I left the chunk size at (1400 kb) or (1.4MB), so this file split into two parts. One sized at (1400kb) and the other sized (470kb)
    Each part will have the same name as the original file , but will be numbered consecutively... 1..2..3..etc this also doubles as a handy check on how many disks you will need to store the file. Now save each part of the file onto a separate disk (right click mouse button - send to - command from drop down list) and your file is now safe.

  9. To combine files that have been already split.
    1. Simply copy each file from it's disk into the same folder.
    2. Browse to the folder using the Splitcomb window
    3. Click on one of the files. Click open.. (Part one is probably best for the sake of symmetry, but I clicked on part two of mine and it didn't seem to make any difference.)
    4. Make sure the correct path is displayed in the Splitcomb window and click the combine button, Your file will now be reconstituted in the folder..That's it.. Oh yes the close button on the Splitcomb window... That flushes a toilet on the second floor of the Kremlin.. Enjoy..
      Andy