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Subject: [Leica] HELP! RAR files
From: vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)
Date: Tue Jan 15 18:20:36 2008
References: <200801160211.AJY41082@rg5.comporium.net>

RAR is a file type, of compressed files.

Read about it here:  http://www.rarlab.com/rar_file.htm

You can download a copy of WinRAR here, to decompress the files:  
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Is that enough to get you started?

Vick

Tina Manley wrote:
> LUG:
>
> I'm at a loss here.  The kid that we brought to SC from Honduras 10 
> years ago for a kidney transplant is having some problems and the 
> doctor there has e-mailed me the files to forward to the doctor here.  
> There are 14 large e-mails compressed as .rar files.  I've looked it 
> up on the internet and downloaded the WinRAR program to extract the 
> files.  It extracted the files and converted them to something called 
> CDROM.iso.  When I open that it has many, many files - none of which 
> seem to have anything to do with the files I'm trying to open.  I 
> thought maybe I needed to burn it to a CD since the name seemed to 
> suggest that, but then I just end up with all of these non-related 
> files on a CD.  What am I doing wrong?  How can I open these .rar 
> files?  I would appreciate any advice anybody can give me!
>
> TIA
>
> Tina
>
>
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