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dogflaps
Apr 17, 2008
Hi guys, I'm hopping aboard the usenet train and so far I'm having a pleasant (if very confusing) journey.

While the OP was very helpful, I have a question that I'm unsure of. There is an NZB which is listed as 98.6 completed, presumably meaning it is missing some files. However, there are 'PAR' and 'PAR2' files included, which upon research, suggest that these somehow re-create the missing files.

My question is, am I safe to download the NZB file, and will the PAR files be able to repair/restore it? Or am I going to be wasting a large amount of time?

I have had one 60gb file fail to unpack, with error messages such as '2 blocks short' etc. I downloaded QuickPAR, and just clicked here and there on various PAR files without any real clue what I was doing but I couldn't get it to unpack. I was always numerous 'blocks short'.

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dogflaps
Apr 17, 2008
Because I want it? Is there a reason I shouldn't be downloading 60gb files?

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