To begin, we should like to make clear that as an exclusively Internet-based operation, we do not as a rule supply our software on CD or floppy disk.
If your overriding desire to 'receive the product on CD-ROM or floppy' stems from an understandable wish to avoid the hassle (understatement!) of losing your copy of Stella every time your system crashes (??) or whenever you are forced to re-install Windows, by far the most painless method is to back up your Stella .zip archive immediately you have downloaded it.
You can backup to any medium that is 'hard' and separated from your PC's hard disk: CD-R, CD-RW, Iomega Zip drive, tape drive, or even floppy disk. With CD-R etc all you have to do is copy the .zip archive across just as you would any other file.
But if you haven't the facilities for this, your only other option is a 'spanned' archive to floppy using Winzip. For this you would need to proceed as follows:
Stage 1
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0) Make sure you have Winzip installed on your computer (www.winzip.com)
1) Create a new empty folder on your hard disk (your Desktop is as good a place as any)
2) Double click on your downloaded .zip archive to open it in Winzip
3) Click the Extract button on Winzip's toolbar and extract 'All files' to the folder you just created on your hard disk
4) Close Winzip.
Stage 2
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5) Prepare 3 blank formatted 1.4 Mb floppies; label them #1, #2, #3 and place #1 in your A: drive
6) Open your A: drive by double-clicking on it in the left-hand pane of Windows Explorer
5) Right-click in Explorer's right pane and choose "New|Winzip file" from the menu that appears. Double-click on this new .zip file to open it. Winzip should start and present you with a 'clean' window;
6) Click the Add button on Winzip's toolbar. In the dialog that appears, make sure "multiple disk spanning" has [Span: no format] selected.
7) Using the file window in the same dialog, navigate to the folder in which you stored Stella's extracted setup files; Select all the files you find there, or just make sure that *.* is the path shown in the filename box. Click Add. Change disks when prompted by Winzip to do so.
8) Close Winzip and delete the temporary folder in which you stored the extracted setup files.
That's it. Seems a bit complicated at first glance, but actually it's easier than it looks. Obviously, CD-R/ZipDisk is the best option, because all you need to do then is copy the .zip archive straight over to your backup media.
We should add that it's also worth reading Winzip's Help section dealing with multiple disk spanning.
Hope that clarifies the disk backup procedure for you. The only reason we take the spanned option is because Stella's files no longer fit on a single 1.44 Mb floppy. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have further questions.
And please, as soon as you receive your software do *back it up*!
