GARETH T

ive got a few files on my computer now which need to be extracted,,, i got winrar, but when i try and unzip them,,, this comes up



ive got plenty of space on my hard drive,, anyone know how i can get around it?

PAUL S

iTrader: (8)

Did you enjoy your fry up in the pitstop this morning Gareth

GARETH T

i did paul,,,,, i didnt see you there? my friend owns the garage so im there alot

PAUL S

iTrader: (8)

I looked up from the menu to see you going out the door.

my mum knows Andrew and his wife, and I remember him from Howells Garage when he was a jag mechanic there and I was the odd job lad during the school holidays, before he set up on his own.

he used to run a big old space framed monster of a car back then - big red thing with a fibreglass body

Anyway back to the topic

GARETH T

you should of shouted at me mate im down there most saturdays!

andrews funny as hell!



thats andrews toy at the mo, it doesnt move much though

JjCoDeX75

Hi gareth - what os are you using?

JJ

GARETH T

xp

PAUL S

iTrader: (8)

Ah makes sense now - I remember you posting up pics of that car before- I didnt realise it was Andrews as I always thought he was a Jag man.

I have just bought a place close to Dinas, so I will probably take my blue one there for its mot when its finished, maybe get a shot of them side by side.

mines not that far off being ready - hopefully by the summer - but then again I say that every year

JjCoDeX75

Looking at the rar stuff, it looks like they have has some miserror issues with the new vista, but it may be worth making sure that you are using the most up to date version of winrar.

If you are - then check the integrety of the RAR file - (is it a RAR file?) if it is an ISO for example, then use a diff prog to try to read the data.

Also, if RAR is allowing you to open the file, try to extract just one file to see if it extracts successfully - this should help id whether the compressed file is corrupt!

JJ

GARETH T

ill have to pop around the new one dude

GARETH T

JjCoDeX75

thanks for your help mate,,, ill have a play about later (and with winrar )

JjCoDeX75

No worries chap! Let me know more info on the file later if you still have no joy, and I will see if I can help!

JJ

PAUL S

iTrader: (8)

no problem, we are due to move into it in about 3 weeks. Once were settled I will drop you a pm

GARETH T

paul,,,, you are a true hobo

PAUL S

iTrader: (8)

as the song says

"where ever I lay my hat - that my home" - showing my age now

missus is getting fed up of me moving us around all the time now though so if it all goes according to plan we should be settled for a few years after this.

Fast Guy

Check what system your hard drive is using it might be FAT32. It looks like the extracted file wants to be bigger than 4G and that is over the limit on older pcs.

GARETH T

my system is fat32,,, is there anyway around it for me?

collierm

Well, you need to convert the file system to NTFS, back up all your data first, in case it goes pear shaped.

Cheers

Matt

GARETH T

i wouldnt even know how to do that

Turbocabbie

yes repartition your drive and reallocate the free space to create a partition formatted as NTFS and uncompress the file into that

If you do not know how to reallocate free space, create partitions from the command prompt... it can be done with a graphical based tool such as Partition Magic or a Gparted disk from the URL below

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

collierm

As far as I remember, its a non destructive process, but back up all the stuff on your drive that you want to keep beforehand.

The following link explains the process.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...onvertfat.mspx

Cheers

Matt

Turbocabbie

Think you can also convert your entire drive to NTFS...from within windows

GARETH T

thanks guys,, i might buy another hard drive tomorrow so i can play about with it on there