Chop 1.512

• License:

  Free to try; $8.00 to buy

• Editor's Rating:

  Not rated

• Average User Rating:

  1.5 stars (out of 3 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  20,808

• Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

• Limitations:

  30-day trial

• Date Added:

  December 12, 2007

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Chop 1.51 Chop 1.504 Chop 1.503 Chop 1.502 Chop 1.5 Chop 1.12 Chop 1.1 Chop 1.0

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Publisher's description of Chop

This program is for splitting large files for easier distribution. (Or if you are a spy, you can divide a file up and even semi-encrypt it for security reasons...) Using either a normal window or a wizard interface, files can be split by either the number of files that you want, the maximum file size, or you can use preset common sizes for EMailing, floppies, Zips, CDs, etc... The program can Chop and UnChop files in Wizard and normal interface, and supports file time and attributes preserving, CRC, command line operation and even simple encryption. In addition, if size is an absolute priority and you do not need any of the more advanced features of Chop, you can instead set Chop to create a very small BAT file which will rebuild the file without Chop. Chop is written in Assembly Language for maximum efficiency and minimum size.

Version 1.512 adds some Vista tweaks including association elevation.

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  Version: Chop 1.512

  "It's been a part of my 'Toolbox' for a long time..."

  by wiz2525 on December 18, 2007

  Pros: I often create huge zip files, and throughout my experiences on computers there has always been a problem with manipulating and transporting those sized files. The only thing that has really changed is just how big is too big. In order to test this version (my first exposure to the program was DOS based. In fact, I dropped to DOS to verify the finished product, a 660Meg zip file, chopped into 4 pieces, then reassembled. I compared my end file by renaming it and moving it into a temporary subdirectory where the original was sitting. I used 'FC {file_a} {file_b}, and there were no differences. All the bells and whistles they have added does not take away from the utility's primary purpose - cut things up and then successfully put them back together. Additionally, I do not have a Vista capable machine. It is so anemic in memory that without MemTurbo refreshing the RAM several times in the 'FC' process described above, I don't know that I could have completed the comparison test. MemTurbo did not have to step in during Chop's cutting up or rebuilding phases to restore the memory. This usually means well constructed code that is disciplined about it's memory use and releases what it doesn't need any longer.

  Cons: I am not certain at all that it is this program's code, because then only thing it has failed to do has to do with my hardware more than anything else. I bought an External Terrabyte Ethernet Drive. It is a World Book Edition II drive which you plug into your router and access it as if it were any other place on the web... but only you, and those you invite, can go there. This device has shown itself to be quite tempermental, dropping it's IP address, 'losing the link', as it were, and in order to reconnect I have found no more efficient way than soft rebooting and while that is occurring turn off the drive, let it wind down (manual suggests 3 minutes), then turn the drive back on. I have been transferring a lot of photos, music and home videos to this drive, and wanted to try chop on this drive. I was successful in chopping up the file, the master was left in place, a subdirectory was created with the original file name of the file which was chopped as the folder name, and inside were the 4 equal sized pieces. But Chop could not complete the reconstruction on that drive. I had to copy the pieces to an internal drive, and then it reconstructed the CD sized file in under 2 minutes.

  I have had file copying and transferring glitches with this Ethernet Drive that I do not fully understand, but it certainly would be nice if Chop were fully functional in such a storage environment.

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