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Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 15:03
by limur
Can anyone help?

I have a load of files that I have downloaded. The first one has the extension .rar and then the others sort of follow on in the format;

.r00
.r01
.r02
...
.r17

and then I have a .nfo file.

My rar unpacker program will only look at the .rar file.

What am I supposed to do with the rest?

Yours thickly... :roll:

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 15:06
by James Blast
change the extension to .rar

I'm having trouble unpacking my .rar files (on a Mac) can anyone point me at an unstuffer, other that Stuffit?

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 15:11
by Dark
Just extract the files from the .rar file, and it'll automatically unpack the rest of them.

It's all split between them, you see, so when you extract from the .rar, it adds the data from .r01, .r02 etc. :)

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 15:16
by Ahráyeph
On a Mac? I've no idea... :(

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 15:20
by limur
James Blast wrote:change the extension to .rar
This worked :notworthy:
Dark wrote:Just extract the files from the .rar file, and it'll automatically unpack the rest of them.

It's all split between them, you see, so when you extract from the .rar, it adds the data from .r01, .r02 etc. :)
This didn't, but it is what I expected to happen... :roll:
Ahráyeph wrote:On a Mac? I've no idea... :(
Sorry, me neither :eek:

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 15:28
by James Blast
I Googled for 'rar Mac files' and found one called RAR Expander that I'm trying out right now.

edit
Works a treat, available here http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/R ... 10914.html

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 15:52
by mh
RARRRR!!!

HAA-HAARRRRR!!!

I know that's no help, but it had to be done...

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 15:58
by James Blast
Ye deserves keel haulin' fer that ya scurvey dawg!

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 16:01
by limur
mh wrote:RARRRR!!!

HAA-HAARRRRR!!!

I know that's no help, but it had to be done...
That pretty much summed it up ;D

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 16:58
by Dark
limur wrote:
Dark wrote:Just extract the files from the .rar file, and it'll automatically unpack the rest of them.

It's all split between them, you see, so when you extract from the .rar, it adds the data from .r01, .r02 etc. :)
Strange, that's what's meant to happen.. when I'm given evaluation copies of games, software and videos, that's how they're transferred.

Maybe the NFO file would tell you, use DAMN NFO Viewer to read them.

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 17:05
by limur
Dark wrote:Maybe the NFO file would tell you, use DAMN NFO Viewer to read them.
Oh. I've deleted that now. Downloaded DAMN NFO for future use. Thank you. :notworthy:

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 18:21
by davedecay
MacPAR deLuxe works well for me
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11858

to read NFO files, just change the extension to .txt, or set TextEdit (or your favorite text editor) to open them by default using Get Info on your .nfo file.

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 19:51
by Rise&Reverberate
NFO files are just text files, you can also open/read them in Notepad :wink:

Posted: 21 Feb 2007, 20:12
by Dark
Ah, fair enough. I was given DAMN to use for reading NFOs, can't say I ever tried Notepad. :lol:

Posted: 22 Feb 2007, 01:00
by Izzy HaveMercy
Rise&Reverberate wrote:NFO files are just text files, you can also open/read them in Notepad :wink:
Yeap, and most crackers use the NFO extension to fool people; they usually contain the method for installing the software and some thnaks to fellow crackers ;)

IZ.