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why can I only open the very 1st file of a .rar. File?

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Whenever I try to open a .rar file on my Mac, I can only get the very 1st file to open successfully and none of the other sequential files Ex-part 2, part 3 will open.

 

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OS: Mac OS X; Browser: Firefox

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I have various file opening programs but whichever one works only opens the very 1st file and no subsequent ones.

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April 27 9:43 AM (2 hours and 31 minutes and 59 seconds later)
         
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.rar files differ from .zip files in that you can split the files up as you are no doubt aware.

To join a .rar file together, you simply click on the first file - assuming that all the files are in the same folder/directory.

When you click on the .r01 file for example, the result is the complete archive joined together.

Because of this, clicking on .r02 is not necessary.

So, in summary and to answer your question, part 2, 3, 4 etc. will not open because they are all part of the resulting file created when you click on the .r01 file.

I hope that makes sense and helps you out.
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April 27 10:00 AM (16 minutes and 26 seconds later)
         
Reply to Steve Gardner's Post: If the 2 files are now joined together why can I still not see the information in the second file if I have done as you prescribed?
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April 27 10:05 AM (5 minutes and 26 seconds later)
         
Tell me the exact names of the files that you are working on.

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April 27 10:12 AM (6 minutes and 36 seconds later)
         
003.part01.rar,003.part02.rar,003.part03.rar
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April 27 10:22 AM (10 minutes and 23 seconds later)
         

Ok, let me confirm...

003.part01.rar
003.part02.rar
003.part03.rar

This doesn't look right to me. These don't look like valid file names. Can you check?



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April 27 10:28 AM (6 minutes and 18 seconds later)
         
You are correct. They all begin with opud
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April 27 10:33 AM (4 minutes and 23 seconds later)
         
Ok, I'm sorry to keep asking but I need to know the exact, full file name for each file please.

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April 27 10:38 AM (4 minutes and 50 seconds later)
         
opud003.part01.rar and so on for both subsequent files.
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April 27 10:47 AM (9 minutes and 24 seconds later)
         

OK. These are three individual rar files not three parts of a single rar archive.

If I undertand correctly, you cannot open opud003.part02.rar and part03.rar?

What happens when you try this? Do you get an error message?



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April 27 11:08 AM (20 minutes and 34 seconds later)
         
Only the 1st file with the .rar logo opens and none of the other subsequent individual rar files will open. Nothing happens and no error message ensues.
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April 27 9:56 PM (10 hours and 48 minutes later)
         
I have a feeling the files I am trying to open may just be corrupt.
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April 27 9:59 PM (3 minutes and 40 seconds later)
         

Hi,

Are these downloaded movie files?

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April 27 10:00 PM (1 minute and 13 seconds later)
         
yes.
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April 27 10:01 PM (50 seconds later)
         

Ok,

Could you tell us where they were downloaded from?

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April 27 10:06 PM (4 minutes and 57 seconds later)
         
a porno forum
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April 28 8:37 PM (22 hours and 17 minutes and 52 seconds later)
         
After trying to install MacRar I get a dialog box telling me that I am not running mac classic OS9 that I would need to install. I am running Mac 10.3.9 and dont like the Idea of installing OS9. Please advise.
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April 28 8:54 PM (8 minutes and 22 seconds later)
         
I currently use the same exact Rar Expander,UnRar X, VLC, MacPar Deluxe, Zipeg, Stuffit Expander and none seem to work to solve my problem.
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April 28 9:09 PM (12 minutes and 10 seconds later)
         
I never know which appl. will open it. I end up trying every one. Sometimes when extracting only one file will successfully extract and the rest fail. As I've said in prior messages to the other techs trying to help me, usually only the first file is openable and the rest fail to open. Go try it yourself. Go to (Sex and Fun) Forum. Try to open some .rar video files with Rapid share or one other popular file sharing site and see how many you can open if there are say 5 or 6 contiguous .rar files and see what happens. See how many you can get to open. Not a very good percentage.
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April 28 9:27 PM (9 minutes and 14 seconds later)
         
I will try that and let you know.
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April 30 7:47 AM (1 day and 10 hours later)
         
i'm not sure that i haven't already tried this many times. is there a way to tell if a file is broken or corrupt right from the get go?
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