you will end up runnin into these files in the newsgroups
(if the person who posted knew wtf they were doing that is)
these are recovery volumes, and essential IMO
if you plan to use the news groups, an app to handle PAR files is a must
i use QuickPAR, but theres others out there
with it you can:
-scan and recover lost/damamged files with the provided PAR/PAR2 files
-create your own PAR2 files for posting
you'll still need most of the file, because PAR files arent cd images
but just think of the shit you're gonna scream if you dl a 1.5 GB file...
and find out one of the rars is corrupted
well if the file includes PARs, you could still save the file
about QuickPAR...
you dont need to install it, just unrar/zip the file and its ready to use
open up the main window:
then go to options to set it up
set it to associate with both PAR and PAR2 files
and intergrate into the shell,
that way you only have to right click a file(s) to create PARs,
or double click a PAR to scan a file
(if the PAR files are in the same folder as the file, as they should be)
i dont mess with the rest, never had to
yEnc @ 3000 lines works fine...
and the CPU priority is up to you
thats about it, the app is fairly simple
the rest is pretty much user preference
like how big of a recovery archive you want, etc, etc
if there seems to be a lot of questions about it...i'll expand on this a bit
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