On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:29:56 -0700, Herb <Herb@the.herb.garden> wrote in:
<7udAl.28814$BR.25842@en-nntp-04.dc1.easynews.com>:
>LittleMissMe!! wrote:
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>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:46:03 -0700, Herb <Herb@the.herb.garden> wrote in:
>> <%QcAl.75265$UR4.45057@en-nntp-09.dc1.easynews.com>:
>>
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>>>If the attachment is a Rar archive file it can usually be repaired.
>>>
>>>1) Save the attachment - and remember where you saved it :)
>>>2) Open WinRar
>>> Do NOT double click on the file - that will fail.
>>> Just go directly to a WinRar icon and open the program.
>>>3) Navigate to the folder where you saved the attachment.
>>>4) RIGHT-click on the attachment and select 'repair archive'
>>> (alternatively, just select it and press Alt-R)
>>>
>>>Answer yes or ok or continue to all the messages, no matter how
>>>ominous they sound.
>>>
>>>You will now have a file with the word "Rebuilt." ahead of the rar
>>>file name. You can now open this or extract or save or whatever you
>>>would have done originally.
>>>
>>>Some of the included contents might be lost, or they might all be
>>>there. In the case of BlueRope's posts, everything is there. He or she
>>>appears to be using NewsBin Pro 5.51, which is a good news READing
>>>program, but a less than optimum news POSTing program.
>>>
>>> - Herb
>>
>> Thanks Herb just tried it on blueropes 869 and didn't work
>> says recovery record not found
>> Me x
>
>It worked fine for me. That's what prompted my message ;)
>
>What version of WinRar are you using? I'm using Winrar version 3.71.
>
>My newsreader for this file was Forte Agent V 3.1, but the Agent
>version shouldn't matter at all.
>
>The messages I get are after it's mostly repaired ..."The archive
>header is corrupt. Mark the archive as solid?" and, in a separate
>yellow exclamation mark window,
> 869 Initial Style Artista.rar: Unexpected end of archive
> 869 Initial Style Artista.rar: Unexpected end of archive
>
> - Herb
Hi Herb I'm using RAR 3.20
I followed your instructions right clicked clicked repair it asks where to
save, have tried same folder and a different one, but like I said it says
recovery record not found
Me x
never mind and thanks for your help may work on others
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