Anyway it is Possible:

[satheesh]

Compress a 1GB file into a 5MB Size.

It is possible?

 

[Starshine]

Compress a 1GB file into a 5MB Size.

It is possible?

That would be quite a feat, but I really don't think its possible. If it is, I hope someone lets us know ... I'd be interested in that information.

 

[Sharky]

Depends what you're compressing. If it's "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" a million times, I'd have thought that could shrink quite well. Most other things? Probably not. The likes of Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc. would have an easy life if that were possible!

 

[dawmail333]

I know I downloaded a 25mb program that apparently took 8GB in total when installed, so yeah, go figure.

 

[Tom743]

Maybe if you ziped it, then put the zip in a zip, then put that zip in another zip, then repeated that 100s of times. I will try that.

EDIT: Zipping then zipping again doesnt work, the file size just stays the same.

 

[dawmail333]

I've tried that too. :biggrin:

 

[Sharky]

Repeatedly zipping will actually make the file bigger due to the file header, so that's not such a good idea.

 

[Zangetsu]

like sharky said it depends on what you are compressing and some programs are better at compressing then others

 

[Gouri]

using kgb archiver that can be possible but it mainly depends on data which you are compresing and the time to compress will depends on your system specifications.

 

[Derek]

Use KB archiver or hex edit it.

 

[Spartan Erik]

Depends on what you're compressing, and what filetype it is being compressed to. I'm starting to see .7z compression more often now than before (7-zip.org)