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Originally Posted by gawker8
But I wouldn't want to start a 77 parter and find out there was a 78th that didn't get posted and the 77 won't open without it.
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That's where .par and .par2 files come into play. They help recover missing parts.
Go here for some info and downloads:
http://www.par2.net/
I recommend QuickPar for .par2 files and SmartPar for .par files.
How to use once you've installed the programs:
1. Download as many .rar files as you can.
2. Download a .par or .par2 file.
3. Run the .par or .par2 file.
4. Once it's done checking, it'll let you know what's missing/incomplete and you'll have to download some more files:
For .par files, you'll need to download one .p## (.p01, .p02, etc) file for every file that's missing or incomplete. For example, if it says you're missing 2 files you'd have to download .p01 and .p02 (but it doesn't have to be in order: you could download .p02 and .p06). If your missing file is just named wrong, you'll have to rename it to the correct name before the program will detect it (you don't have to for .par2 files).
For .par2 files, you'll need to download the appropriate number of "blocks". They're named .volXX+YY.par2 where YY represents the number of blocks it will recover. For example if it says you need 5 blocks you'd download .vol00+01.par2 and .vol03+04.par2.
5. Once you've downloaded the appropriate par/par2 files, run the .par or .par2 file again and you should be able to recover the files.
If you're missing more files than there are par/par2 files, you won't be able to recover the missing files.
Hope this helps.