On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:47:48 -0600, Old Geek
<eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:55:07 GMT, Dr. Needles <DrNeedles@pins.com>
>wrote:
>
>>In reply to "Wink Wink Nudge Nudge" who wrote the following:
>>
>>> On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:00:41 GMT, Dr. Needles <DrNeedles@pins.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Open with winrar. Check the box that says "keep broken files" under the
>>> > general
>>> > tab.
>>> >
>>> > In reply to "Wink Wink Nudge Nudge" who wrote the following:
>>> >
>>> > > On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:23:01 -0500, Autumn <Autumn@Juno.com> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > > On 01 Feb 2015 21:56:05 GMT, user@domain.inv (User) wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > 'fraid I found the same result
>>> > >
>>> > > WwNn
>>>
>>> Nope, not the problem on Easynews or Xusenet. Any attempt to open the
>>> archive produces
>>> "! C:\DownTmp\IFM 2015 - 01 HQ.part01.rar: Unsupported archive
>>> format. Please update WinRAR to a newer version.
>>> !
>>> C:\DownTmp\IFM 2015 - 01 HQ.part01.rar: The archive is either in
>>> unknown format or damaged"
>>>
>>> my WinRar is 4.2 64 bit, Current stable is 5.0. See no other reports
>>> of problems between the 2, either at rarlabs or in the groups I visit.
>>> Have you?
>>> You're posting from newsleecher.com with v5. Did you download with V6
>>> or V5 or did you use a web based client?
>>>
>>> WwNn
>>
>>Newsleecher v5, Winrar v5.01 Able to extract all 31 videos plus the pic
>>archive. I see it's been reposted. Maybe that one will work better for you.
>
>These were compressed using the RAR 5 archiving format and can't be
>extracted with any lower version. From Rarlabs.com:
> Version 5.00
>
> 1. New RAR 5.0 archiving format. You can use "RAR 5.0" option
> in archiving dialog or -ma command line switch to create
> RAR 5.0 archives.
>
> Older software including older WinRAR versions is not able to
> decompress RAR 5.0 archives, so if you plan to send an archive
> to other people, it is necessary to take the compatibility issue
> into consideration. You can select "RAR" instead of "RAR5"
>option
> in archiving dialog to create RAR 4.x archives compatible with
> previous WinRAR versions.
>
>
>EG.
Thanks for that, EG. That was the key to getting it to work. After
all these years running bootleg copies, I decided to finally go off
and buy the damned thing rather than mess with all the issues.
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