CRC problem

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I have a file with a CRC error! I can't open this file.
Is there any program out there that will allow me to fix a file with a CRC
error.
Thanks!
 
I have a file with a CRC error! I can't open this file.
Is there any program out there that will allow me to fix a file with a CRC
error.
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No. Just get another copy of the file.

Missing CRC can mean anything from a single bit error (but you
never know which bit :-) till a totally corrupted file.
 
At this point its hard to know what's going on!

Gerard Bok said:
No. Just get another copy of the file.

Missing CRC can mean anything from a single bit error (but you
never know which bit :-) till a totally corrupted file.
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I have a file with a CRC error! I can't open this file.
Is there any program out there that will allow me to fix a file with a
CRC error.
Thanks!
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Just a wild guess - is this a compressed file with RAR extension? Older
unzip/archive programs will give a CRC error when you try to open RAR
files that were created recently with the newer RAR compression. The
solution is to update your unzip/archive utility, or try another (7-zip
comes to mind).
 
Tom McDonald said:
..
Just a wild guess - is this a compressed file with RAR extension? Older
unzip/archive programs will give a CRC error when you try to open RAR
files that were created recently with the newer RAR compression. The
solution is to update your unzip/archive utility, or try another (7-zip
comes to mind).
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Yeah, that explains my experience. PowerArch 6.11 gave me that error
on pretty much all .rar files that crossed its path. I think ACF'ers
have posted about some handful of updated libraries for PowerArch, but
I haven't got around to looking into it, and don't know if it involves
anything that will make it better handle rar. In the meantime, I just
took up the habit of launching a newer arch-util for those occasions
where it's a rar that needs extraction.
 
In the meantime, I just
took up the habit of launching a newer arch-util for those occasions
where it's a rar that needs extraction.
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Hi, which one do you use now?

Rod
 
Rod said:
Hi, which one do you use now?
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I tend to pick one at random. I haven't specially config'd my .rar
extension for any specially-chosen handler.

QuickZip, IZarc, and 7zip, have all handled that task for me.

(Passing mention. I don't adore any of those. I just have them perform
the task and then leave the scene...)
 
I tend to pick one at random. I haven't specially config'd my .rar
extension for any specially-chosen handler.

QuickZip, IZarc, and 7zip, have all handled that task for me.

(Passing mention. I don't adore any of those. I just have them perform
the task and then leave the scene...)
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Ah, OK, tried them all, pros and cons equal out to something called taste,
using ZipCentral myself now, but I could lie as happy with one of the
others I guess. Just thought (hoped, wished) you found us a new small handy
one. I just wish the Freezip could handle rar.

Rod
 
Rod said:
Ah, OK, tried them all, pros and cons equal out to something called taste,
using ZipCentral myself now, but I could lie as happy with one of the
others I guess. Just thought (hoped, wished) you found us a new small handy
one. I just wish the Freezip could handle rar.
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Yeah if I was conscious of a rar handler that was small and green (or even
CLI type), then I'd configure my .rar extension just for it.

For general zip type stuff, I still haven't experienced any yet who tempt
me to file for divorce from Powerarch (5+ yr marriage there, longer than
many of the human kind!).
 
omega wrote in said:
Hey, how about speeding it up a bit on satisfying requests? I had
to wait almost NINE minutes.
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Very sorry, I noticed your message earlier, but I was on the phone,
and I'm not very good at multitasking (few men are), so I had to wait.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Bjorn Simonsen said:
Very sorry, I noticed your message earlier, but I was on the phone,
LOL.

and I'm not very good at multitasking (few men are), so I had to wait.
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(Men - can't live with, can't live without)
 
I'm good to go now! New association all set in.

----------------------------------------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rar]
@="rarfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rarfile]
@="RAR File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rarfile\DefaultIcon]
@="D:\\Some Path\\RAR.ICO"
; !make sure the path is right

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\rarfile\shell\open\command]
@="D:\\Some Path\\UnRAR.exe e \"%1\""
; !make sure the path is right
;
----------------------------------------------

Generally might be better for anyone else changing associations
on this to use a GUI associations manager or the Windows FileTypes
thingy. In order to simply recycle use of the existing filetype key,
which might likely have a name other than "rarfile."

In GUI interface you'd point to where unRAR.exe is on disk,
and then add switches.

unrar.exe e "%1"

The "e" thing is supposed to be all bare like that, no hyphen or
anything preceding it. (I know this because I kept trying to put
a hyphen there.) The above means simply, "extract to current
directory."

I didn't look into trying to set up an "md" action. Also, all the
other switches available for it, didn't really catch that there was
anything important for normal use there.

.. . .
You could also try the latest unrar.dll
<http://www.rarlab.com/rar/UnRARDLL.exe>
if your current GUI zip utility use one. Look in your <program-name>
folder for it - if exist, then replace - if older.
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I'd grabbed that down when spotting it on the webpage whose URL you
posted. I'll look later into seeing if PowerArch is able to adopt it.
(I expect so; I kind of think I've read here in ACF about doing that.)

Thanks, Bjorn!
 
omega wrote in said:
I didn't look into trying to set up an "md" action.
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At the commandline,
unrar e -ad filename.rar

unpacks to sub dir \filename in the current dir. Makes it more
convenient to delete the unpacked files if you don't want to keep
them, say if you just wanted to have a look.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Bjorn Simonsen said:
At the commandline,
unrar e -ad filename.rar

unpacks to sub dir \filename in the current dir. Makes it more
convenient to delete the unpacked files if you don't want to keep
them, say if you just wanted to have a look.
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That's how I really prefer. Had not spotted the -ad possibility
when I'd glanced over its parameters list. So I've now fixed my
assoc'd command. Appreciate the info.
 
I'm also trying to find out if this server is working! Some of my posts get
through and some don't!
Wondering what's up!

SeaWolf said:
At this point its hard to know what's going on!
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