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OddbOd · 08-17-05, 11:44 AM

It is not necessarily a RAR archive and in this case probably isn't.

Open the first part "the hand struck three on the 4th clock.avi.000" in Notepad, if the first four characters are Rar! then it is a RAR archive and you can open it via WinRAR's Extract To button. If the first four characters are RIFF then it's a split AVI and is not compressed but merely an AVI cut up into pieces, a file joining tool like HJSplit will let you put it back together quickly and easily.

For more info on actually using Usenet binary groups take a look at Slyck's Guide to The News Groups.

08-17-05, 11:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
OddbOd Aximsite Minor League Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 208 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	It is not necessarily a RAR archive and in this case probably isn't. Open the first part "the hand struck three on the 4th clock.avi.000" in Notepad, if the first four characters are Rar! then it is a RAR archive and you can open it via WinRAR's Extract To button. If the first four characters are RIFF then it's a split AVI and is not compressed but merely an AVI cut up into pieces, a file joining tool like HJSplit will let you put it back together quickly and easily. For more info on actually using Usenet binary groups take a look at Slyck's Guide to The News Groups.