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I got this (SL version) from fanedits.org and it says one of the PAR files (inside the rar) is corrupt (invalid CRC). 38+43.

Can anyone help?


Sorry I'm not very experienced with these sorts of files...
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Normally you use PAR files to fix broken/corrupt RAR files. Putting PAR files inside the RAR archive - if that is indeed the case - is just silly.

I suggest you ask your question to fanedits.org.

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Hmm, that is strange then!

So how does one join those 46 numbered files into the iso? Can winrar do it?

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Well the webmaster insists that all the files are fine and repeated back to me the "instructions" on the page. I guess all try downloading all 449 mb worth of rar files again. *sigh*



The trouble is that one of the files within the rars is corrupt. The same file is present in all five of the rars that have the par files... and it's corrupt in every single one of them. Winrar reports an invalid CRC. So it can't extract, meaning quickpar will always says 2227 blocks are "missing" and can't build the iso file. It's hopeless...


I don't know what to do with all these numbered files otherwise. It's not simply a matter of unraring them, because they're not rar files (rar, r00, r01, etc) but just numbered (001, 002, 003, etc). Somehow I'm supposed to combine them...


I haven't a clue! Ah, for the simplicity of torrents...

Interestingly, I can drop any of these numbered files into media player classic and watch them (they're anywhere from 1-4 minutes long) in perfect clarity. I just can't join them all together into a burnable DVD.
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Originally posted by: Kurgan
I don't know what to do with all these numbered files otherwise. It's not simply a matter of unraring them, because they're not rar files (rar, r00, r01, etc) but just numbered (001, 002, 003, etc). Somehow I'm supposed to combine them...

The files were split by QuickPar.

Ideally, the files would be fine and QuickPar's "Repair" button would turn into a "Rejoin" button.


Well the webmaster insists that all the files are fine and repeated back to me the "instructions" on the page. I guess all try downloading all 449 mb worth of rar files again. *sigh*
Test the rars, to see which one is bad.

That check-mark, in Winrar, tests them. In most rar sets, the test will stop at the corrupt rar (some rar sets behave differently, I haven't figured out why, but it should work with these).

The trouble is that one of the files within the rars is corrupt. The same file is present in all five of the rars that have the par files... and it's corrupt in every single one of them. Winrar reports an invalid CRC. So it can't extract, meaning quickpar will always says 2227 blocks are "missing" and can't build the iso file. It's hopeless...


Which file shows corrupt? You only need (any) one of the par files, and the small rar file.


Originally posted by: Moth3r
Normally you use PAR files to fix broken/corrupt RAR files. Putting PAR files inside the RAR archive - if that is indeed the case - is just silly.


It's silly for Usenet, and for downloaders with a Rapidshare account.

The idea was to reduce the number of 1-hour waits between files, for free-download users, by packing the pars into 100-meg rars.

So it makes sense for that.

On the other hand, a free-downloader would probably prefer to only download par files if he runs into trouble. The tiny one for checking, and as many large ones as he needs to repair with.

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Originally posted by: Kurgan
I don't know what to do with all these numbered files otherwise. It's not simply a matter of unraring them, because they're not rar files (rar, r00, r01, etc) but just numbered (001, 002, 003, etc).
The extension 001, 002, 003, etc. is usually just another naming convention for RAR files, like the old-style RAR, R00, R01. (You sometimes also see extensions in the format part001.rar, part002.rar, etc.)

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Open the rars that contain the par files with winrar. When you go to extract the files make sure you have the "keep broken files"tab ticked. It will extract most of the par files. Put the par files in the same folder as you have the 001 etc files for the mainmovie. open one of the pars with quickpar. this should now scan all the files and then the repair button should change to a rejoin one.

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Thanks for the help guys but I figured out what was wrong.

First off two of the rars of the pars were corrupt. I re-downloaded them and all was well.

Then I realized that I didn't put all the rars AND the numbered rars in the same folder while running quickpar. Once I did that, I was able to rebuild the ISO from them flawlessly and it burned great.


Sorry for not posting here to say I'd solved the problem! And thanks for the assistance.

Let's just say it takes real dedicated to get a fan edit this way... or else a great way to get rapidshare subscriptions (I'm just too cheap to download a fanedit when I own all the movies it's based on already).