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    CRC error w/split zip in PA 11.50.61

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      dragon57
      last edited by

      Here is the directory listing in case it helps duplicate the problem.

      Name Size Relative Size Type Modified Attr

      Desktop.ini 121 bytes Configuratio… 4/10/2007 3:48 PM -a—
      Thumbs.db 7.50 KB Data Base File 4/10/2007 3:46 PM -a—
      vm_folder.ico 24.6 KB IrfanView IC… 6/10/2004 6:12 PM -a—
      vmware.log 93 KB Text Document 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      vmware-0.log 80.7 KB Text Document 3/10/2009 10:09 PM -a—
      vmware-1.log 78.6 KB Text Document 3/6/2009 1:22 AM -a—
      win2003Serv.nvram 8.48 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      win2003Serv.vmsd 1.16 KB VMware snaps… 10/31/2008 1:48 AM -a—
      win2003Serv.vmx 2.95 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 9:20 PM -a—
      win2003Serv.vmxf 255 bytes VMware team … 7/10/2008 12:40 AM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk 1.77 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 9:21 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s001.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s002.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s003.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s004.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s005.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s006.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s007.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s008.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s009.vmdk 1.98 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s010.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s011.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s012.vmdk 1.94 GB *************** VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s013.vmdk 925 MB ******* VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s014.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s015.vmdk 653 MB ***** VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s016.vmdk 2 MB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s017.vmdk 1.99 GB ****************VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s018.vmdk 1.54 GB ************ VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s019.vmdk 1.55 GB ************ VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s020.vmdk 320 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s021.vmdk 384 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—
      Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition-s022.vmdk 64 KB VMware virtu… 3/30/2009 11:09 PM -a—

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      • spwolfS Offline
        spwolf conexware
        last edited by

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

        thanks!

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          dragon57
          last edited by

          Just tried it. Same problem.

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          • ivanI Offline
            ivan conexware
            last edited by

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

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              spwolf conexware @ivan
              last edited by

              @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.

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                spwolf conexware
                last edited by

                @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.

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                  spwolf conexware
                  last edited by

                  @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?

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                    spwolf conexware
                    last edited by

                    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!

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                      dragon57
                      last edited by

                      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?

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                        spwolf conexware @dragon57
                        last edited by

                        @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 :)

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                          ivan conexware
                          last edited by

                          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?

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                            dragon57
                            last edited by

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

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                              dragon57
                              last edited by

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

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                                spwolf conexware
                                last edited by

                                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

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                                  dragon57
                                  last edited by

                                  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.

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                                    dragon57
                                    last edited by

                                    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.
                                    attachment_p_20035_0_pa.jpg

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                                      spwolf conexware
                                      last edited by

                                      extremly helpful, thanks a lot!

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                                        spwolf conexware
                                        last edited by

                                        this issue has been fixed in next release :-)

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                                          spwolf conexware
                                          last edited by

                                          and thanks a lot… huge help!

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                                            dragon57
                                            last edited by

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

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