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==What is it and where can | ==What is it and where can I get it?== | ||
QuickPar is a utility for creating Parity Volumes using the Reed Solomon algorithm. For details of the algorithm used, see the [http://parchive.sourceforge.net/ parchive] website at SourceForge. | QuickPar is a utility for creating Parity Volumes using the Reed Solomon algorithm. For details of the algorithm used, see the [http://parchive.sourceforge.net/ parchive] website at SourceForge. | ||
You can download | Parity Volumes may be used to verify that a set of files have not been corrupted, or to reconstruct damaged files (providing that you have a sufficient quantity of Parity Volumes to match the missing or damaged files). | ||
QuickPar uses the PAR version 2.0 specification. You can read about the differences between PAR version 1.0 and PAR version 2.0 [http://www.quickpar.org.uk/AboutPAR2.htm here.] | |||
You can download QuickPar [http://www.quickpar.org.uk/Download.htm here] | |||
==How to use it?== | ==How to use it?== | ||
[http://www.quickpar.org.uk/CreatingPAR2Files.htm Creating PAR2 files] | :*[http://www.quickpar.org.uk/CreatingPAR2Files.htm Creating PAR2 files] | ||
[http://www.quickpar.org.uk/VerifyingAndRepairing.htm Using PAR2 files to verify and repair data files] | :*[http://www.quickpar.org.uk/VerifyingAndRepairing.htm Using PAR2 files to verify and repair data files] | ||
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