unpacking rar files

Wobbel · 04-02-2003, 10:54 AM

So i downloaded this movie,all in little parts as rar files,have done this before and used winrar to unpack them,no problemo !

But from this movie i'm missing 2 files,r02 and r03,no par files there,so if i start unpacking it says:"need part 02 to continue"
Is there a way to unpack the rest of the files so that i can see the movie,with a little bit missing
Can anyone help ?

Don't know of this is the correct forum for this question so feel free to move it

Cirga · 04-02-2003, 10:57 AM

Wobbel.. I dont think you can unpack them when missing files. WinRar works a little differently when you pack things.. it has a structure to it. I believe that once you have packed it up in WinRar.. it cannot unpack wihtout the entire structure of files.

now I might be wrong.. maybe someoen else knows of a way to get past that.. but you might be out of luck

LPDad · 04-02-2003, 11:43 AM

Well, in theory you should be able to fix the missing files.
(read how the newsgroups and .rar files work at www.slyck.com -- they have a good explination. Unfortunately when they have been prepacked I don't know where you would pick up the extra files. (maybe just duplicate one of the rar files and rename it to the missing number???, sounds like something to try for the hell of it...)

how Newsgroups work: http://www.slyck.com/ng.php

how Rar files work: http://www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=5

So what do you do if you have downloaded an archive with 47 parts and 2 of them are missing? Read the next two sections to find out what to do about missing files.

http://www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=6

http://www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=7

Don't really know if this will help you figure something out..but hey, at least it is now fairly easy to understand.

Good luck.

Wobbel · 04-21-2003, 01:26 PM

Finaly got that movie complete,someone reposted the missing parts.

It's not possible to "unpack" a rarfiled movie if some parts or even one are missing (as already said by Cirga)
The only way to reconstruct is if you have some par files and use something like smartpar.

04-02-2003, 10:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wobbel PCTT's Gatherer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 2004 Posts: 2,861	unpacking rar files So i downloaded this movie,all in little parts as rar files,have done this before and used winrar to unpack them,no problemo ! But from this movie i'm missing 2 files,r02 and r03,no par files there,so if i start unpacking it says:"need part 02 to continue" Is there a way to unpack the rest of the files so that i can see the movie,with a little bit missing Can anyone help ? Don't know of this is the correct forum for this question so feel free to move it

04-02-2003, 10:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cirga Lurking AdMiN Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In my own little world. Buts its ok. They know me here. Posts: 3,245	Wobbel.. I dont think you can unpack them when missing files. WinRar works a little differently when you pack things.. it has a structure to it. I believe that once you have packed it up in WinRar.. it cannot unpack wihtout the entire structure of files. now I might be wrong.. maybe someoen else knows of a way to get past that.. but you might be out of luck __________________ Vote For Us! -- It will get you hot chicks. No really It will! ---- www.myTego.com - Give your devices a face! Dont be a conformist!

04-02-2003, 11:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
LPDad Admin & "Fixer" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 2,293	Well, in theory you should be able to fix the missing files. (read how the newsgroups and .rar files work at www.slyck.com -- they have a good explination. Unfortunately when they have been prepacked I don't know where you would pick up the extra files. (maybe just duplicate one of the rar files and rename it to the missing number???, sounds like something to try for the hell of it...) how Newsgroups work: http://www.slyck.com/ng.php how Rar files work: http://www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=5 So what do you do if you have downloaded an archive with 47 parts and 2 of them are missing? Read the next two sections to find out what to do about missing files. http://www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=6 http://www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=7 Don't really know if this will help you figure something out..but hey, at least it is now fairly easy to understand. Good luck. __________________ We don't need no stink'n TechSupport We ARE TechSupport. *LPDad* Administrator

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04-21-2003, 01:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Wobbel PCTT's Gatherer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 2004 Posts: 2,861	Finaly got that movie complete,someone reposted the missing parts. It's not possible to "unpack" a rarfiled movie if some parts or even one are missing (as already said by Cirga) The only way to reconstruct is if you have some par files and use something like smartpar.