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derbywill

Member Since: 25 Mar 2010
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 540

.rar files

Hi ive downloaded a certain parts program and its in .rar format and id like to know what people do with these types of files to get them running
Many thanks
Will 2005 90 XS
1954 86'' Series 1 tilt

18th Sep 2011 7:10pm

Barry

Member Since: 26 Apr 2011
Location: North East
Posts: 137

Use a program like winrar to merge then into a useable file , not used them for a while but from what I remember it was easy . 2011 Defender XS 110 Station Wagon - Rejected
2008 Discovery 3 XS Auto (Gone)
1997 Discovery ES Auto 300TDI (Traded in on a flat bed)

18th Sep 2011 7:26pm

pom

Member Since: 01 Jun 2010
Location: Worcester
Posts: 1343

Download winrar here and install it. Once it runs click on trial/shareware. Once its installed you can double click the file you have downloaded and extract the files.

cheers

Pom

19th Sep 2011 1:33pm

rusty66

Member Since: 22 Jun 2010
Location: Rhineland
Posts: 60

7zip is very good and completely free.

http://www.7-zip.org/

Instal, then rightclick on the .rar file and decompress to whatever location you want to.

.rar like .zip, .tar etc are container files that store other files in a compressed form to save space on your disk or traffic on the Internet. So there should be another kind of file type, say .doc, .pdf or .exe within that container, which is what you really want. If you have more then one .rar and they are numbered just click on the lowest number and the unrar program will do the rest for you.

Be careful with executing files (like .exe) though, they could contain a virus or other malware!

19th Sep 2011 3:49pm

derbywill

Member Since: 25 Mar 2010
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 540

many thanks to all your input im goin to give it ago!
Will 2005 90 XS
1954 86'' Series 1 tilt

19th Sep 2011 9:56pm

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