Help with Winrar (or alternative?)

[Supercow]

I'm trying to upload a large amount of files (700 TIFF and JPEG files) to my Webserver. The total file size is around 18 gig.

I used Winrar to compress it (as one file) but after I had compressed it and uploaded it and wanted to unpack it - the server couldn't because the file was corrupt. When checking the file on my local PC, I realised that it was corrupt before the upload.

What is the best way to compress this?
Is it more advisable to RAR it, in smaller sections (lack of better word) such as
rar.01
rar.02
rar.03
etc.

Any suggestions?
thanks

 

[Supercow]

Cheers for the input guys, think I'll take all of the above advise.
Will split into smaller files and also test before I upload - was a bit of a numpty there.

Is there a way to automatically split the files - or just do the manual way (add files - rar - add files, rar) ?

 

[Supercow]

Just add the files to WinRar and then tell it to split the archive into 1Gb chunks or whatever size. Its on the main menu you get when making a new archive I think.

Cheers mate - found the option