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I have a small problem
I used Salamander to split up a file to fit on many cds so I could bring my files from one computer to another. When I copied each cd to the other computer, I then combined the file.
My problem is that now the file is just a big pile of raw data. Is there a way to make it into what it was before I split it?
Thx

Hello, how did you split files? Using Split & Combine plugin? In this case there should be .BAT file that you should execute to join your files. Or you can use the Plugins > Split & Combine > Combine File command from Servant Salamander.

Jan Rysavy wrote:Hello, how did you split files? Using Split & Combine plugin? In this case there should be .BAT file that you should execute to join your files. Or you can use the Plugins > Split & Combine > Combine File command from Servant Salamander.

Yes I did that. I used the plugin to combine the file afterwards, but now the file is just one big pile of raw data. There is no type of file or anything... I dont know how to make it how it was before.
Please help, thanks

Look at http://www.altap.cz/salam_en/features/split.html
Did you have the extention 001, 002 etc. when you burned the files on the cds?

OK, try this:

1. in some working directory create a new file TEST.TXT using Shift+F4
2. type some text into this text file, for exemple ABCD
3. save it, the size shoud be 4 bytes (use the F3 to review your file)
4. Plugins > Split & Combine > Split File
5. to "Number of parts" enter 2, and click the OK
6. TEST.TXT.001, TEST.TXT.002, and TEST.TXT.BAT should appear
7. rename original TEST.TXT and try to join files

Just experiment, you will figure out the problem yourself.

D44 wrote:Yes I did that. I used the plugin to combine the file afterwards,

Did you make sure, all the parts were listed in the correct order? Did you leave out the batch file? Did you check the CRC and was it ok? Why did you not just use the batch file to recombine the parts?

D44 wrote:but now the file is just one big pile of raw data.

What dou you mean by this? Any file is just a stream of binary data. How is it different from the original file?

Try combining your files on the original computer.
Binary compare (e.g. by using fc /b ... from the command line) the recombined file with the original. Binary compare the original parts on your firsts computer with the ones on CD. If ok, compare the ones on CD to the ones on the second computer.

D44 wrote:There is no type of file or anything...

Again, I don't understand. A file type, as it is displayed by Salamander in the pannel, is nothing but a friendly name which is associated to the file's extension. Is the extension (indeed the complete file name) the same as your original file? if not -> rename.

If Salamander's Type field is blank, this means, the extension is not registered or no friendly name is registered with it. Is the application that is associated to the file on your first computer propperly installed on the second one?

D44 wrote:I dont know how to make it how it was before.
Please help, thanks

If you don't tell us, how it was before and how it is different now, and what you did inbetween, step by step, we will not be able to help, you unless someone by chance guesses what you did wrong.