Why are some files split into like 47 .rar parts, why would they do that? It just wastes time for me having to open each one.
2006-09-03 07:53:03 · 5 answers · asked by Malik B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Normally these files are spilt into 14.9 MB or 49.9 MB file sizes...the reason for these two specific sizes is unknown to me...
But the reason behind splitting the files is that if one of the files got corrupted during the torrent download, the torrent client only has to redownload a small file, and not the entire 700 MB (or whatever size) all over again.
If you are speaking about website file hosting, then they split files because they are restricted with a maximum size per file...
Such sites include:
MegaUpload - http://www.megaupload.com/
PushFile.net - http://www.pushfile.net/
Dropload - http://www.dropload.com/
Turbo Upload - http://www.turboupload.com/
RapidShare - http://rapidshare.de/
2006-09-03 08:02:57 · answer #1 · answered by ...Sky the Limits... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main reason .rar's were originally broken down in to so many parts is for the days before broadband. People with 56k internet connections would be able to download small batches of a file at a time without having to tie up their phone lines or lose everything should the connection be interrupted.
The reason that .rar's are still the same today is (as earlier mentioned) ease of downloading should a file be corrupt, and because many people (believe it or not) still use dial-up : \
2006-09-03 08:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by addtheninth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to open them all. Once you downloaded the whole file they should join together to build the file you want.
The reason is that if you lose you connection there's no need to download the whole file again because you already download part of it. They are like checkpoints if you like.
2006-09-03 10:05:55 · answer #3 · answered by Laguna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in simple terms get a freeware splitting software. It does not care what form of records you're breaking up, than might nicely be archive records like RAR, video clips records like MPG, database records, excel records, even though...
2016-11-24 20:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by killeen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rar files can only hold so much. there is no way of preventing this
2006-09-03 08:00:25 · answer #5 · answered by Shawn! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋