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Gernot
12-14-2002, 06:00 PM
Hi,
I have problems with a win zip archive. I can't open it. The errormessage is something like: This is not a winzip archive or part of a data spreaded archive. Sorry, I run a german version of WIN98 so I don't have the errormessage in plain english. Is there a way to get my data back?
BertImmenschuh
12-14-2002, 07:59 PM
Two things come to mind, either the file is corrupted or if it is on 2 or more floppies, the last floppy has to be started first.

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Gernot
12-14-2002, 10:59 PM
Thanks BertImmenschuh,
It's just one file on a CD-RW. It seems to be corrupted. Is there a way to repair it?
BertImmenschuh
12-15-2002, 07:49 AM
Usually not. Have you tried copying it to a hard drive, remove the read-only attribute and tried again?

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Gernot
12-15-2002, 11:12 PM
Yes, I've copied it to the harddrive, but what's the read only attribute?
I just tried to open it without success. I also tried the program "zip repair". But the new "repaired" file was empty (zero kb). Any suggestions?
BertImmenschuh
12-16-2002, 07:58 AM
The 'read-only' attribute bit can be seen by right-clicking the file name and choosing Properties from the menu. The attributes are shown toward the bottom of the window that comes up.

Usually if Zip Repair can't fix the file, it is too corrupted to work with.

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Gernot
12-16-2002, 11:25 PM
Thanks for your help BertImmenschuh. BTW, where are you located? Your name sounds german. Or do you have german ancestors?

Gernot
BertImmenschuh
12-17-2002, 07:34 AM
German only since 1650, no record of the name before that. I'm in Northern Wyoming, on the East foot of the Bighorn Mountains. We've been in the US since 1848 and all of the name are related [except for one stolen identity].

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Baldrick2
12-17-2002, 04:07 PM
Anywhere near Devil's Tower??.. I went there a few years ago..amazing!!

Jase

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BertImmenschuh
12-17-2002, 07:28 PM
About 120 miles to the West of Devil's Tower, right where I90 and I25 join.

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Gernot
12-17-2002, 11:18 PM
Interesting, almost all of you must have been emigrated :). Only 14 Immenschuhs registered in the phonebook of whole Germany. And we are at least 80 Mio. people.
cheers, Gernot
BertImmenschuh
12-18-2002, 06:13 AM
We found only 3 listed when we visited one of them in '90.

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