free software to open rar files

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bkmishra1000

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hello friends
I downloaded a free book from net from the site *betah.co.il/BooksCatalog.aspx? The book is in rar format. will any friend suggest me a site to get free software to enable me to read the book. thanks.
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Vishal Gupta

Vishal Gupta

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The file u hv d/l ed, is compressed in RAR format.
First u hv to extract the contents of this RAR file, u can use ne s/w, like WinZIP, WinRAR or 7-ZIP.
Then after extracting the contents u'll get the actual file which u want to read :wink:
 
aadipa

aadipa

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Vishal Gupta said:
The file u hv d/l ed, is compressed in RAR format.
First u hv to extract the contents of this RAR file, u can use ne s/w, like WinZIP, WinRAR or 7-ZIP.
Then after extracting the contents u'll get the actual file which u want to read :wink:
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When did WinZip started supporting RAR :shock:

RAR files are like zip files, compressed file archives.

You can try 7-Zip or ZipGenius to extract RAR files. Both are free tools.
 
saurabh.sauron

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Vishal Gupta said:
The file u hv d/l ed, is compressed in RAR format.
First u hv to extract the contents of this RAR file, u can use ne s/w, like WinZIP, WinRAR or 7-ZIP.
Then after extracting the contents u'll get the actual file which u want to read :wink:
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WinRAR is not free. it is a 40 day trial. the interface of 7-zip is not very clear. i would reccommend Imploder. it has a very clean interface and is free.
 
it_waaznt_me

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Zip Imploder you mean ..? I heard its shareware ..
7Zip is better because it has better compression ratio and its free ..
 
saurabh.sauron

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it_waaznt_me said:
Zip Imploder you mean ..? I heard its shareware ..
7Zip is better because it has better compression ratio and its free ..
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i wasnt talking bout Zip Imploder. its simply Imploder. chk it out at download.com. it is free.
 
~Phenom~

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Hey guys , U mean we cant unzip a RAR file using WINZIP?
But , earlier I used to use WINZIP and have all the compressed files as ZIP files.But now when I installed WinRAR , the same files got converted to RAR and are working fine.
 
saurabh.sauron

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how did those zip archives become rar files. it never happened with me. i presume that those zip archives became winrar zip archives, if that is what u mean.
 
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bkmishra1000

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thanks friends for the response. i tried zip zenius.
was able to open one book. but i found that another book is in pdb format. how do i open the pdb files
 
aadipa

aadipa

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bkmishra1000 said:
thanks friends for the response. i tried zip zenius.
was able to open one book. but i found that another book is in pdb format. how do i open the pdb files
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PDB can be of many types

Chek this *www.filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=pdb+
 
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bkmishra1000

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hello friends
i downloaded zip zenius a freeware. with zip zenius the rar files were converted to pdf format.i was able to read the book with acrobat reader.however some rar files were converted in to pdb files in zip zenius .i am not able to open the pdb file. will someone come to my rescue
 
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