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title: PArchive
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updated: 2009-01-04 01:50:40 +0100
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**Homepage:** [sourceforge.net](http://parchive.sourceforge.net/)

From the homepage:

> The original idea behind this project was to provide a tool to apply the data-recovery capability concepts of
> RAID-like systems to the posting and recovery of multi-part archives on Usenet.

Parchive can be used to add recovery records to e.g. a DVD. How to do this is described on [Mike West's blog](http://mikewest.org/2008/01/safegarding-your-data-with-parchive).
Basically, you will create PAR files using the command:

    par2create -s262144 -r10 [NameOfParFile.par2] [FilesToRead]

You can then later recover broken files using

    par2repair [NameOfParFile.par2]


GUI Clients
===========


Windows
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* [QuickPar](http://parchive.sourceforge.net/#clients)
* [SmartPar](http://parchive.sourceforge.net/#clients)


Linux
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* [gpar2](http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=30568&package_id=171020)
* [pypar2](http://pypar2.silent-blade.org/)
* [tkpar](http://parchive.sourceforge.net/#clients)