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Posted by BTG on Aug-14-2005 07:23:

need help with zip file.

i ziped up all this shit and sent it to my brother so i could format.

now i can't open the zip on my computer or his. it says it's corrupet....>: O wtf do i do??! that's not fucking cool, i have a lot of shit in there. it says its 4.01 gb, like it's supposed to be, why is it all fucked up >: O

Posted by raph93 on Aug-14-2005 09:07:

Re: need help with zip file.

you should make an multipart archive

Posted by Lira on Aug-14-2005 09:12:

Re: Re: need help with zip file.

quote:
Originally posted by raph93
you should make an multipart archive

He can't, it's almost certain the file is corrupted.

Brad, mate, I'm sorry to tell you this but you're going to have to do it all over again - never EVER create enormous zip files: the chances of having a bug in a transfer is a lot higher. I learnt it the hard way

Posted by Wildfir3 on Aug-14-2005 09:39:

you're a noob for not trying to unzip it on the other computer, before formatting your HD

noobs always learn it the hard way

Posted by eRRaTiK on Aug-14-2005 10:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Wildfir3
noobs always learn it the hard way

Posted by Gamet5 on Aug-14-2005 13:25:

Next time use winRar (www.rarlabs.com) and add protection by including a suitably large recovery record.

It is also possible (tho unlikely) that winrar may be able to recover your zip file. Give it a go, what can you lose.

Posted by Boomer187 on Aug-14-2005 14:27:

use winrar, when you hit extract you will see 3 options on the bottom left under miscellaneous. Check all three and extract. Usually that works.

good luck.