Topic: Save As makes file bigger?
started by: Mad69Max
Posted by Mad69Max on Feb. 06 2006,21:24
I keep an ISO of around 3 GB in my HD with all my small/medium software utilities; every now and then, when I download an updated version, I also update the ISO and once in a while I burn a DVD with it, so when I need to do a full re-install I can use that DVD.After doing some additions and some "fast" saves, I did a Save As with a different name and noticed that, unlike what I was expecting, the new ISO is BIGGER than the one with the fast saves! The contents of both ISOS are the SAME (I even mounted them to 2 virtual drives and WINDIFFed them and they turned out equal!). How can this be? What are those extra 63 MB doing in the SaveAs image?
Thanks,
Mad
Posted by xoben on Feb. 06 2006,22:09
Please choose 'File'->'Properties' from main menu, check 'Optimize' then 'Save As'.
Posted by Mad69Max on Feb. 07 2006,06:38
Thanks for the answer, but it's still bigger than the original, albeit this time only around 27 MB bigger... I even chose the 3.95 GB DVD option instead of the 4.7 GB, but it still is roughly the same 27 MB bigger.I know that 27 MB out of 3310 is pretty much nothing (around 0.8%), but I would like to know WHY it grows... (I'm the kind of guy that likes to know the whys...
Thanks,
Mad
Posted by Mad69Max on Feb. 13 2006,07:14
Never mind answering people: I've just terminated evaluation of UltraISO as it has managed to completely screw up one ISO I make frequent changes to! I'm back to MagicISO: may lack some features, but never screwed my ISOs!Bye,
Mad69Max