I just downloaded about 70 "RAR" files that are in the following format (note the "_" underscores): NAME_NAME_NAME_PART01.RAR NAME_NAME_NAME_PART02.RAR etc etc up to NAME_NAME_NAME_PART70.RAR There are also 10 "PAR" files in this format: NAME_NAME_NAME_NAME.p01 through p10 So now I run SMARTPAR on the PAR files and it verifies the PAR files all fine but when it gets to the RAR files I get the error: NAME.NAME.NAME.PART01(through PART70).RAR NOT FOUND Note that the files not found have "periods" between the names and not underscores while the original downloaded files have underscores. OK, so I figure the RAR files are misnamed so I change them all to have "." instead of "_" between them. I rerun SMARTPAR and get the same error. The files ARE there but SMARTPAR can't find them. They are all (pars and rars) in the same folder (I tried the root of C as well as a subdirectory. I've never had this problem before. What am I missing ? Thanks, Ed
Yes I have but there are a few corrupt RAR files and 1 missing (the download was over a gig in size) so I need the PARS. In any case, I solved the problem (for anyone else interested). SmartPar creates some temp files when running. By looking at those temp files I was able to see what file names the PAR files were actually looking for. The file names the PARS were looking for were totally different then either the intial RAR download names OR the "???? file missing" names generated by SmartPar while verifiying. I found another Par Extraction program called FSRAID. FSRAID actually told me what I found in the SmartPar temp file AND automatically changed the 70 file names to their proper name. Problem solved ... thanks to finding 1 needle in a haystack on Google. The key was the *.tmp files generated by Smartpar.
Fs Raid is considered the absolute best program when dealing with Par files&extraction. FS Raid (freeware) http://www.fluidstudios.com/freeware.html Shoey
Somehow offtopic: Does it already support PAR2? I haven't found any info about that on their page - ATM the only GUI that does support PAR2 is Quickpar AFAIK. Main advantages: - .PAR file size is not limited anymore - Block size is adjustible and 32767 instead of 255 Blocks are possible; not 1 file = one block anymore. This makes it a great sollution for adding recovery info to backup CD-R(W)s.
That is exactly what I did (see my original message) but it didn't work. The only way I could find out what smartpar REALLY wanted was to look into the temp file it generated (see my second message). What it SAID it couldn't find wasn't correct .... the temp file was the clue.
Oops ... Actually I wrote my 1st response after Praetors answer but didn't hit "Reply" for some reason. So I didn't noticed "Problem solved" - And I should have re-read your 1st post before finally posting the next day. Nevermind Good that you found a sollution.
