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    Stupid PAR Files

    Right WTF is a par file and how do i use it to repair a download (tiger woods pga tour 10) as grabit would'nt repair and extract the iso! I know it's a soft question but i don't know what the hell to do with it!! (every other download (about 90) there has been an iso file ready to burn (for wii) or ready to compress to a cso for a PSP
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    Default Re: PAR Files

    Have a read here but basically they are recovery files, download quickpar and use that to check / repair your downloads


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    Default Re: PAR Files

    Grabit didn't extract it for me but I just used winrar and it worked fine without any need for repair.
    If in doubt I always pick the largest collection of files when I download cos a few times I have not been able to repair the archives with quickpar.
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    i tried extracting it with winrar last night and it was no go. iv'e just re-downloaded the twat this morning and winrar extracted it sound no worries


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    Default Re: PAR Files

    Quickpar is the one for fixing rarsets or anything else that comes with par files mate.


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    If you you NG's , par files are a life saver. As prezzy said , get quickpar and allways grab sum par files

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    yeah get hold of quickpar dude, means the difference between downloading the whole thing again (360 game at 7 GB) or the PAR set (approx 700 MB) which will repair the broken download for you, just install quickpar and put the par files in the same folder as the broken download files and double click on the first .par or .par2 file you see
    You know he grew up as a little shitspark from the old shitflint and then he turned into a shitbonfire and driven by the winds of his monumental ignorance he turned into a raging shitfirestorm. If I get to be married to Barb I'll have total control of Sunnyvale and then I can unleash the shitnami tidal wave that will engulf Ricky and extinguish his shitflames forever. And with any luck he'll drown in the undershit of that wave. Shitwaves.

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    Default Re: PAR Files

    pars = save time

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    Default Re: PAR Files

    torrents = no such problems
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    Default Re: PAR Files

    Quote Originally Posted by Possy_99 View Post
    torrents = no such problems
    Apart from the slowness, and of course there's the slowness
    What is it with steel wool? Is it steel? Or is it wool?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Possy_99 View Post
    torrents = no such problems

    Lets not go down this pointless route again!
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    sum people prefer torrents , some peole prefer NG's , each has their plus points and minus points

    personally i hate torrents

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    Default Re: PAR Files

    Grabit will (depending on settings) automatically repair downloads using the pars as long as there's enough to do the repair. No need to download quickpar.

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