(PARity file) A file that contains the computed parity bits from a source file. PAR files are generated from Usenet archives that have been broken into multiple files because of file size limitations ...

Correct me, but from my reading, the PAR2 files are just there to verify the integrity of the contents, so I ran QuickPar on them and it says everything is good (no repairs needed).<BR><BR>So I have 5 ...

Mac OS X only: Join and split giant files into PAR's with free utility, MacPAR deLuxe. If you post or download files to Usenet (Giganews, anyone?) MacPAR's for you. It will: Verify the completeness of ...

Reader ST discovered that aging data backup CDs he had burned had become unreadable, so now he uses QuickPar to make recovering data on disc with bad sectors possible. Here's how he does it. ST writes ...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Go learn what a par file is and you'll ...