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I recently came across some files with a ".rar" extentsion. Can anyone tell me what file type this is? Also, what program do I use to open *.rar files?
Name: Jolly Date: July 3, 2001 at 10:14:32 Pacific
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RAR are compressed files (like ZIP) with a pretta good compression rate. WINZIP doesn't support RAR-files but many other programs do (like WinRar or WinAce).
They are compressed files similar to ZIP files. WinRar is a Windows program used for them and UnRar is a Dos program.
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Name: Andrew Date: July 3, 2001 at 10:28:25 Pacific
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You can get the shareware from http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10097-100-5041309.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-1.5041309 = winrar. *.rar are compressed files like *.zip *.ace ...
Summary: Hi i downloaded a rar file split into 10 i.e. .r00 thru .r09 which i unzipped(rarred)using winrar which made a bin file with all the rar files in them i think because the bin file is the size of all t...
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