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    Slow Extracting Times

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mfmbcpman, Jan 16, 2007.

  1. mfmbcpman

    mfmbcpman Notebook Consultant

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    I downloaded 3 DVDs in Rar format and it has 204 parts. I opened up WinRar to extract them but it says it is going to take 55 hours to extract them especially since I have a fairly powerful computer.

    I think this is a really long time. Does anyone have experience with this?
     
    mfmbcpman, Jan 16, 2007
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  2. MadHater

    MadHater Notebook Deity

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    Maybe it's a bug,who knows.Did you try a WinZip,the best program for extracting files?
     
    MadHater, Jan 16, 2007
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  3. bal3wolf

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    scandisk and defrag your harddrive it shoudlnt take over 15mins usualy 6mins.
     
    bal3wolf, Jan 16, 2007
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  4. mfmbcpman

    mfmbcpman Notebook Consultant

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    It is in rar though not zip.

    I just scandisked and defragged two days ago as well.

    I don't know what was wrong with WinRar but I used 7-Zip and it worked perfectly. http://7-zip.org/ Took about 45 minutes.
     
    mfmbcpman, Jan 16, 2007
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  5. LIVEFRMNYC

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    Try and Open/View the RAR contents (204 parts) and put them in a Folder maybe 20 or 40 at a time instead of extracting all at once.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Jan 16, 2007
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    mtrivs Notebook Evangelist

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    Downloading DVDs is illegal man....
    when will people learn
     
    mtrivs, Jan 16, 2007
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  7. Andrew Baxter

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    eventually maybe. Closing this thread.
     
    Andrew Baxter, Jan 16, 2007
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