original date 12/30/87



              DE-ARCING FILES TOO BIG TO FIT ON ONE FLOPPY
  Usually, those who prepare arced files ara considerate enough to
keep them to a reasonable size, but sometimes it can't be helped.
This will explain a simple scheme to de-arc files that won't fit on
one floppy. First,de-arc to a second drive then you don't have the .arc
file (the source file) and arce.com or arc.com taking up space. 
  
 Now,if this doesn't work (you've surely tried it but it's necessary
to be a little slow when you're explaining things) . Start as above
but when you get the error or disk full message (you say you already
have been there?). Copy the files that are already de-arced to a new
disk. Don't trust the last one, it may be incomplete.           

  Once you have copied the de-arced files to a second disk your next 
step is to make more room on the original disk.                            
now:  To make room  Replace the files you have copied wih files of
exactly the same name but with only 3 bytes.                                         
To do this type : A:>COPY CON FILE1.COM <ENTER> Q <ENTER> then
press the f6 key. (Q is the content of the file,it can be any key)
You have created a 3 byte file that has overwritten the larger file.

Repeat for all the de-arced files then do another "dir" (lots of space
now!) Start the de-arcing again and when the ARC program asks you
"FILE EXISTS - OVERWRITE (Y/N)? answer "N"
This simple scheme won't help if the de-arced program must all be   
on one disk. Usually the .doc or .txt file and some of the options
may be eliminated.
I know this explanation is a bit too wordy for such a simple scheme
but better that than questions. 6/22/87