How To Split And Join A File

Imagine you have a large file that you need to transfer to another computer using a USB flash drive however that USB flash drive does not have enough space. One of the easiest solution for this is by splitting the file into smaller parts so that you can use the USB flash drive for transferring the file to another computer. Then join those files after all parts have been transferred.

Using HJ-Split To Split A File

1. First you need to download HJ-Split. You can download that at http://www.hjsplit.org/. By the way HJ-Split is available for different operating system. So if your using os other than Windows you can steal use HJ-Split.
2. Next uncompressed the file that you download and then open hjsplit.exe.
3. Then click "Split", a new window will show.
4. Next on split window click input file and then select the file that you want to split to multiple parts.
5. After that choose the size of every part of the file in "split file size".
6. Then click the start button to start the splitting the file.
7. Done! Now you can delete the original file because you now have a smaller files.

Using HJ-Split To Join A File

1.  Now that we have split the file to smaller parts we need to have away to back it to its original size. First open hjsplit.exe then click the "Join" button. The file join window will open.
2. On file join window click input file button then locate the files that you split earlier. Then only choose first part - the one that has an extension of .001.
3. Next click the "Start" button to start joining the files.
4. Done!

Using 7-Zip To Split A File

1. You can also use 7-Zip to split a file to smaller parts but unlike HJ-Split, files that are split using 7-Zip are compressed. First you need to download 7-Zip at http://www.7-zip.org/.
2. Next locate the file that you want to split and then right click it and select  7-Zip, Add to archive.
3. Then on Add to Archive window select the format that you want to use either 7z, zip etc.
4. Also choose the size of the file that you want to make in "Split to volumes, bytes".
5. Next click ok button to start splitting the files to smaller files.
6. Done!

 Using 7-Zip To Join A File

1. This is very easy just locate the files that you split earlier and then right click the file that has an extension of .001 and select 7-Zip, Extract Here.
2. Done!