Archive Types and How to Handle Them

[Slacker Magician]

I thought I would post this so no one needs to explain archives to people anymore .

File formats you're likely to encounter on EP:

.7z - A 7Zip archive, this can be opened by WinRAR or 7Zip.
.rar - A WinRAR archive, this can be opened by WinRAR or 7Zip.
.r00 - This is the old multi-archive extension used by WinRAR. WinRAR will open it without issue.
.zip A Zip archive, this can be opened by WinRAR, 7Zip, or Windows.

.001 A Split file, this can be opened by WinRAR (not in all cases), 7Zip, PeaZip, or HJSplit. Any file can be split with HJSplit, PeaZip, or 7Zip, this means ISOs, WinRAR archives, Executables, anything. Renaming it will NOT help because you need to join the file.
Another thing to watch out for is associating archive programs with disc images. Make sure you uncheck ISO in the WinRAR associations list.


Just follow the steps below depending on the archive type.

Extracting files with 7Zip:

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Open 7Zip
Select the first piece of the archive

Click Extract
Choose where to extract the files



You can also extract by right-clicking and selecting 7Zip in the context menu

Combining split files with 7Zip:

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Open 7Zip
Select the .001 file
Right-click and select 'Combine Files'


Choose the file path and click OK


Once it finishes combining the pieces you are done.
If a RAR archive has been split with HJS (or 7Zip) you need to extract from the archive once it is combined.

A list of archives supported by 7Zip

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Combining files with HJSplit:

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Run HJSplit
Select Join
Choose the input file (.001)

Splitting files with HJSplit:

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Run HJSplit (Duh!)
Select Split
Choose the input file

Select the size (MB or KB) to split the pieces at

Extracting files with WinRAR:

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Run WinRAR
Choose the files
Click Extract

Choose the location to extract the files and any other settings you want

Extracting files with PeaZip:

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Run PeaZip
Choose the files.
Click Extract


Extract To is the same as WinRAR or 7Zip, you choose the location instead of extracting to the same folder as the archive

Download links:
WinRAR
HJSplit
7Zip
PeaZip

Both WinRAR, PeaZip, and 7Zip are integrated into the context menu (right click) when they are installed. That means you can right-click and choose the same options without opening either program. If you need me to explain what a function on any of the programs does, post, post I say!

Thanks to Drageuth for posting it once the forums were back up .