Sooner or later, every Internet user is faced with a rather trivial task that requires some necessary knowledge: how to put a file on the Internet so that other users can “download” it. Let's consider one of the ways to solve this problem: put the file on a file hosting service.
It is necessary
- - access to the Internet
- - program for archiving (WinRAR)
Instructions
Step 1
First, let's prepare the file for upload. Before getting started, you need to make sure that you have installed a program for archiving folders and files, such as WinRAR. We will consider archiving using this program as an example, but you can use any other one that is similar to WinRAR in functionality.
Step 2
Open the folder where the required file is located, select it and right-click to display the context menu. Here you need to select the item "Add to archive …", or "Winrar -> Add to archive …". If there are several files, then you need to select them all before adding to the archive.
Step 3
In the dialog box that appears, come up with a name for the archive file (preferably in Latin letters, for example file.zip), the ZIP archive format (the most common) and, finally, the compression method (the size of the final archive and its compression speed depend on this). It makes sense to compress files in uncompressed formats (for example, tiff, bmp, wav, doc) as much as possible. Compressed formats (for example jpg, gif, mpg, mp3) will not take up less space during archiving, therefore in this case it is better to specify the "high-speed" compression method, or the "no compression" method.
Step 4
After we have specified the compression parameters and clicked on the OK button, the archiving process will begin. This process will take some time, after which a new archive with the name specified in the previous step will appear next to your files. We will upload it to the Internet.
Step 5
Next, you need to open a browser and go to the address https://rghost.ru. This is one of the file sharing servers, we will use it as an example for instructions. Having opened the site, you will immediately see the form for adding a file. First, press the "Browse" button, find and select the archive we have created, then confirm the selection with the "Open" button. To start downloading, you must press the "Submit" button
Step 6
After that, the process of uploading the file to the server will begin. You will be able to monitor the progress and speed of the download in real time, the approximate time of completion of the operation will be calculated for you.
Step 7
Done, the file is uploaded to the Internet. You will see a personal page with information about your file. The "Link to file" field contains the path where your archive will be available on the Internet. It is this link that you can copy and send to other Internet users.
Two more important fields are "Download password" and "Retention period". In the first field, if necessary, you can set a password for downloading the file to make it difficult for unauthorized persons to access it. The second field is used to change the file storage period (from 1 to 30 days), after which the file is deleted automatically. After changing your password or term, do not forget to click the "Update" button.
