Should I keep PAR's ?

[Jeff234]

You should always keep .Pars no matter what

[xes999]

There really is no logic in Jeff234 statement. Lets say you've received your files intact .pars/.rars extracted and everything is ok. The .pars/.rars are no longer needed they're wasting precious estate on your hard drive. Now lets say you want to keep the files in .rar format and view them from the .rar file. Then keeping the .pars is recommended as a backup for repair just in case the .rar files becomes corrupted. The Big Question is why would you not backup to CDR, CDRW, DVDR, DVDRW save disc space and have a backup just in case your computer crashes and needs to be restored. I'll sum it up like this. Keeping your .par files is totally up to you, if you feel you want to keep them then do so, if you feel you don't need them then delete them. There really is no wrong or right unless you're planning on transferring the files later. And then again thats optional.