Corrupt rar in spanned archive

[jtwn]

Ive got a spanned rar archive, there is a small part in the last file that i cannot get, is it possible with some software to retrieve the first lot of files of the archive and leave the last one?

Thanks...

[Gareth]

erm, there's a couple of ways you can do this.... but the success rate is pretty low for both.

You can try the Repair Archive feature within WinRAR, or if it's a large archive and the person who archived it also made some PAR files, you can use another app along with the relevant PAR file to repair your borked RAR file. Can't remember the name off the top of my head but will find it if necessary.

Does that make sense..? Too many rhyming words for me. Rar, Par, Schmarr

[Gareth]

actually...re-reading what I wrote, the success rate for repairing it is low. If you've got the PAR file, it'll work fine.

Hope that clears it up a bit

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by jtwn

Ive got a spanned rar archive, there is a small part in the last file that i cannot get, is it possible with some software to retrieve the first lot of files of the archive and leave the last one?

Thanks...

(As mentioned) If you can find a PAR or PAR2 file for your archive (sometimes they'll be suffixex P0X where x=the PAR volume number) you can use Quickpar to repair the RAR file.

http://www.quickpar.org.uk/

[Gareth]

that's the name... Quick Par. Well remembered Bifta