Multi-Volume, Repair and Multi-Extraction Tools

Using Write Multi-Volume Tool

Introduction

PowerArchiver has a very useful tool for splitting ZIP files into multiple volumes. It works great when you want to send a ZIP file in several smaller pieces via e-mail or removable disks (floppy, CD-R, etc.). You can activate it from “Tools ” menu.

Options

  • Single archive to span - select the archive that you want to split into multiple volumes.

  • Directory and spanned archive name - select the name and destination of the multi-volume archive that will be created.

  • Size - select desired size of the volumes in the archive. You can also type in a specific size yourself (in kB).

  • Format target disk before spanning - if checked, removable drive will be formatted before PowerArchiver writes a volume to it.

  • Mode:

  • PkZip 4.5 - makes PkZip 4.5 compatible archives, readable by newer versions of all popular compression utilities. Naming scheme: test.zip.zip, test.zip.z01, test.zip.z02, etc.

  • PkZip/PA 7.0 - makes archives that are compatible with both PkZip and PowerArchiver 7.xx. Naming scheme: test.zip, test.z01, test.z02, etc.

  • PowerArchiver (older versions) Compatible - creates archives that are compatible with PowerArchiver 6.xx or earlier. Last file needs to be opened in order for PowerArchiver to recognize the spanned archive. This mode is only recommended for use when you need to send files to people using PowerArchiver 6.xx or lower. Naming scheme: test001.zip, test002.zip, etc.

Please Note

Both Write and Merge multi-volume ZIP tools support zip archives up to 2 GB in size, unlike the rest of PowerArchiver which supports unlimited ZIP archives.

Using Merge Multi-Volume Tool

Introduction

PowerArchiver has a Merge Multi-Volume tool that will let you merge spanned ZIP archives into a single ZIP archive. You can activate it from “Tools ” menu.

Options

  • Spanned archive to convert - select a multi-volume archive that you want to convert into a single ZIP archive.

  • Place the converted single archive here - select a name and destination for the converted archive.

Please Note

Both Write and Merge multi-volume zip tools support ZIP archives up to 2 GB in size, unlike the rest of PowerArchiver which supports unlimited sized ZIP archives.

Repairing a ZIP Archive

You can use PowerArchiver's repair tool to fix broken or corrupted ZIP archives. To activate this tool, select “Repair ZIP… ” from the “Tools ” menu, or press “CTRL+R ”.

To select an archive to be repaired, enter the name and path of archive manually, or use the browse button. Once you have chosen an archive to repair, click “Start ”.

All relevant information with regards to the repair process will appear in the text box. Please understand that PowerArchiver can not repair corrupted data, instead it will delete corrupted files from the archive and recreate the header files so the archive can be properly used and other data can be recovered.

Extracting Multiple ZIP Archives

Introduction

PowerArchiver contains a very useful Multi-Extract tool for extracting multiple archives at the same time. Select “Multi Extract ” from the “Tools ” menu and you will be presented with the Multi-Extract dialog box containing the following options:

Options

  • “Add Files ”, “Add Folder ” and “Remove ” buttons - you can add and remove files and folders from the File List of archives to be extracted.

  • Destination Directory options :

  • Extract To - allows you to manually enter the destination directory for extraction (if the directory does not exist, it will be created when Multi-Extract is run), or browse for a desired directory using the standard browse feature.

  • Extract to filename\subfolder - forces PowerArchiver to extract each archive into its own folder, based on file name.

  • File's Current Folder - Extracts archives into each file's current folder.

  • Options:

    • Overwrite existing files - overwrites files in the destination directory which have same file names as those in the archive, without prompting the user.

  • Do not extract pathnames - when checked, PowerArchiver will not extract any path information from the archive. By default, this option is left unchecked.

  • Open folder after extracting - opens folder, that you just extracted files into, in Windows Explorer.

After you have selected the desired options, click “Extract ” to extract all archives listed.

Please Note

You can multi-extract archives from within Windows Explorer even easier! Click here for more information.

Compiled from the official PowerArchiver Wiki (https://wiki.powerarchiver.com/)