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.Gryzor

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I am 100% lost
« on: October 25, 2007, 08:11:18 PM »
I have been burning CDI images that I have obtained from Snesorama for weeks, and I have been fine.

Now I download files from Segahub, and they come packed with files that say "001" and "002" and so on. I have tried extracting them using 7Zip, but half way through 7Zip notifies me that the file is broken or something.

Am I doing something wrong?

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Re: I am 100% lost
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2007, 08:14:14 PM »
I already responded in the other thread, but I'll explain what those files are.  When I file is packaged like that, that means that the file is untouched by anyone except the person who ripped it.  The advantage of this is that the images are error free and are pretty much guaranteed to work.  Other images people could have used their shitty CD-rom drive to rip the game after they burned it putting a bunch of errors in the image in the process.  The game might still work, but it will most likely take longer to load and put more wear and tear on your Dreamcast.  For some reason 7zip sucks at extracting them, so just use WinRAR.

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Re: I am 100% lost
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2007, 07:16:44 AM »
yeah get winrar and use it :D

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Re: I am 100% lost
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2007, 10:07:29 AM »
Oh man thanks for posting this maybe now I will stop getting hate mail. Some idiot messaged me that I was posting corrupt files when really he was just using 7z to unrar oRAR's.

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Re: I am 100% lost
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2007, 01:51:21 PM »
apparently those are idiots who don't read the faq first...i already covered this issue there. same goes for you gryzor. educate yourself before putting up useless threads
Be a noob! Don't read the FAQ!!!

i'm outta here...

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Re: I am 100% lost
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2007, 02:12:01 PM »
Do not listen to him. No post is deemed useless here.

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Re: I am 100% lost
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2007, 05:42:16 PM »
Xiao, you can't expect everyone to read your FAQ.  Most people have no problem burning repacks and when they get to original RARs they try and do the same thing and it doesn't work so they think that the archive is corrupt or something.

This is segahub, all noobs should be treated with respect.  Flaming noobs does nothing except maybe boost your ego.

So did you get it working Gryzor?
« Last Edit: October 26, 2007, 05:44:34 PM by darkNiGHTS »

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Re: I am 100% lost
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2007, 10:35:40 PM »
Gryzor is the only person here with a period in their name :-* how cool is that :)