I have dl'ed a set of files that contain "RAR" which I have winrar, But it also has po1 file, po2, po3...etc
Can someone help me to understand what these are and how to extract them?
or give me a link?
One of the files is..."Disc 1 of 2.part01.PO4"
thanks
saint
saint2271@cox.net

they are par files. they are used to check the integrity of the rar files and you can use them to repair a bad rar file.

you need a program called smartpar to do it though.

Do I need these to extract the rar files?

check your pm.

Oh! come on adams_73533, we are curious too :)

after extracting the whole rar file, it will produce another set of archive files, you can open it with winrar (choosing the lowest number), and will automatically extract all those files into one .bin file...

Often, a set of PAR files is posted accompanying an RAR file set. PAR files are parity recovery files that can be used to recovery missing or corrupted segments of an RAR file set. The PAR files usually have names such as movie.part01.p01, movie.part01.p02, etc.; you may also see movie.part01.par, but generally PAR files begin with .p01.
If all of the segments of a RAR file set are present and valid, you do not need any of the PAR files. However, if any RAR segment is missing or corrupted, it can be recovered by using a PAR file. It takes one PAR file to recover each missing or damaged RAR segment. So if a file is posted with 10 PAR sections, up to 10 damaged or missing RAR segments can be recovered. The only exception to this is the PAR segment with the .par extension. The .par file is optional and contains only information about what files are part of the set; it does not contain recovery information. Usually, .par files are not used; they are never needed. The actual recovery PAR files begin with .p01.

PAR files are independent of each other, so a missing or damaged PAR segment will not affect the recovery as long as there are enough good PAR files to replace missing and damaged RAR files.

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Nice explanation Server. :)

OT--too bad alot of times some of the pars are missing on newsgroup posts, sometimes making them usless. You usually don't find that out until you've spent all that time downloading.
(just venting) :wacko:

I have been very lucky with Pars ,usually the pars are listed immediately
after the rars.. B)

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