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I try to extract a file from set of .RAR parts. I always get the following error:

Corrupted

so I tried many programs to extract the corrupted RAR files. I have 10 parts, each one 400MB big. The last progam I used was Recovery toolbox for RAR.

It gave me the following message:

Severity:!High
Message:Recovery error for file XXXX with message set file
pointer error.

The program extracted 2GB of data, but it should extract 4GB.

Is there any way to extract the content or am I supposed to download the files again from another server?

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short answer: no, you are doomed, redownload is your best option.

long answer: you can fiddling around with a hexeditor and try to fix 'bad' values in the rar file .. if you know how to define 'bad' and how .rar works this might work. but thats for sure a very hard route to take.

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ohhh god,i should re-download 4gb again , and no guarantee not to face the same problem.. – Anyname Donotcare Jul 2 '11 at 13:37
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