Recovering corrupted RAR archives

[axcairns]

I'm an idiot.

(I thought I'd get that out the way early before anyone else beats me to it)

I backed up some data using a tool on SME Server that creates a RAR archive on one of my desktops. I then had a batch job running on the desktop (Windows XP) which FTP'd the RAR archive to my Swiftel web space.

Unfortunately, I forgot to specify binary mode in the batch job and I think it defaulted to ASCII. Now, when I download the archive, the RAR file appears corrupted (no header data).

I tried repairing the RAR archive which got me some files but many more files claimed CRC errors. If I suppress those errors Iall I get is empty files.

Any ideas on how to recover the files?

Thanks,

Allan

[mbottrell]

Hmm... ya buggered if ya transfered in ACSII and not BINARY..

Joke: I always find I can recover by saying the name backwards..

ie: ZIP --> PIZ...
ARJ --> JRA

See if it works with RAR? ;)

Cheers,

Matt.

PS: Think ya outta luck matey... :(