BETA: PowerArchiver 2023 - 22.10.02

[spwolf]

can you try creating same archive, just via main PA window and see if that makes any difference please?

thanks!

[dragon57]

Just tried it. Same problem.

[ivan]

Also, please try creating same archive without spanning feature. So we can see if whole - big archive is OK for the beginning.

[spwolf]

@ivan:

Also, please try creating same archive without spanning feature. So we can see if whole - big archive is OK for the beginning.

he said it works, just spanning doesnt.

[spwolf]

@Activation:

same for me the zip does not work. it all makes PowerArchiver say unusable.

french version. (windows 7 64bits RC1 and WIndows vista 64bits SP2) I have two licence

That’s the beta phase reserved for the English and German.
we are left with a final unusable. awesome. just reinstall the older version 2009

and more still no full version 64bits
on this point, the developer 7zip should be more talented

really disappointed :mad:

you have to explain what exactly does not work.

[spwolf]

@AlexandrSh:

I have the same problem with crc error in Russia version of PA 11.50.61.
Windows Vista 32bits SP2

can you please tell us more on how are you creating these files. Is it spanning or?

[spwolf]

can you try selecting and compressing only several of these files, maybe it is some specific file/filename that is causing it to happen and that could help us isolate the issue.

I have tested with 50 GB archive and all went well. So it has to be a bit more specific.

thank you!

[dragon57]

I have more info, but no specifics that I feel confident will help.

I have tried zipping and splitting large sets of files, but none cause the problem except those from my VMware sets of files, and not all of those.

The problem appears to be related to zipping up large files that when finished, end up being near the end of the split boundary.

Example, I had eleven vm files that were all nearly 2GB in size. If I zipped them in dictionary name order, I could repeat the error, but if I renamed them and zipped in a different order, the problem did not exist. File name length seems to have nothing to do with the error.

Does any of this make any sense?

[spwolf]

@dragon57:

I have more info, but no specifics that I feel confident will help.

I have tried zipping and splitting large sets of files, but none cause the problem except those from my VMware sets of files, and not all of those.

The problem appears to be related to zipping up large files that when finished, end up being near the end of the split boundary.

Example, I had eleven vm files that were all nearly 2GB in size. If I zipped them in dictionary name order, I could repeat the error, but if I renamed them and zipped in a different order, the problem did not exist. File name length seems to have nothing to do with the error.

Does any of this make any sense?

not really, but i will try creating VM files of same size and reproducing it like that :)

[ivan]

Sorry, I didn’t found an answer to one my question - does creating same ZIP archive with same files and size without spanning works fine?

[dragon57]

Yes, creating a zip with the same files without spanning works fine.

[dragon57]

Just fyi, the latest rc still has this same problem. ;)

[spwolf]

would it be possible for us to download those original files? Only way we can reproduce it (and fix it).

Maybe try with less files but same folder (smaller file size) and see if that works or not, if we can get smaller sample it will be easier.

thanks

[dragon57]

The file set is over 32GB, plus this is a VMware image that contains proprietary software. There is no way I could get it to you. I’ll try to come up with a repeatable scenario that causes the problem using smaller and different files, however the problem only seems to show up at the DVD sized split boundary.

[dragon57]

See if you can reproduce the problem using the below steps.

Download http://www.bertel.de/software/rdfc/rdfc.zip
Unzip the rdfc.exe file and put it in a temporary directory with at least 37GB of space.
From the temporary directory, create the test files by running the following commands in order:
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk” 1818
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s001.vmdk” 2146304000
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s002.vmdk” 2145976320
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s003.vmdk” 2139947008
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s004.vmdk” 2141257728
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s005.vmdk” 2145583104
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s006.vmdk” 2138832896
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s007.vmdk” 2140471296
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s008.vmdk” 2137587712
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s009.vmdk” 2135818240
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s010.vmdk” 2144796672
rdfc “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s011.vmdk” 2146172928
Highlight all the vmdk files, right-click and select parameters per the attached pic.

I then open the .zip file in Winzip and perform a ‘Test’. I get a CRC error. If you unzip with PA, you should eventually get either a CRC error, an erroneous password prompt, etc.

Let me know if you have any questions.

[spwolf]

extremly helpful, thanks a lot!

[spwolf]

this issue has been fixed in next release :-)

[spwolf]

and thanks a lot… huge help!

[dragon57]

That is so great. That had to be a hard one to diagnose and fix I bet. Great job and many thanks!

[spwolf]

@dragon57:

That is so great. That had to be a hard one to diagnose and fix I bet. Great job and many thanks!

going through 5 GB archives with hex editor = awesome :-)