Password for rar files

Anyone ever d/l a file and not note the password then not be able to unrar the file? How do you find the file again to get the password on the video clip forum? I've tried searching for the file name but it never seems to find it.
Example--http://rs117l32.rapidshare.com/files/32980045/sv20.part1.rar
Thanks in advance,

Tully

rural USA

Hi JCTul you are asking about something that has always been an issue in this forum.
The search function doesn't work on url's and that is a major setback.
If you are looking for the pass on this particular file it is kool .

Several ideas on how to work around this have been ventilated in many threads.
My method is since I'm using a download manager to save the file to a folder named with the pass if there are many files in a thread I wan't at the same time.
The oher method for the single downloads is to give the pass in the savefile name ie pw-kool-sv20.part1.rar.
On occasions I have forgot both and then I will have to just roll with the punch.
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svinto wrote:

I do the same thing, svinto and also somtimes I will create an empty text file within the directory with the name of the password, ie, pw-kool.txt

That way I can see the password without having to acutally open the text file.

Sorry if this has been posted many times before as svinto said.

Melmac

or even try book marking the thread you are downloading from.

failing that, get a life

SD

Thanks for the help. I use FlashGet and I usually put the password in the comment section. Then when I start to unrar I go back to FG to get the password.
Anyway, thanks again!

JCTul

there is software that can crack the password of most compressed formats, for older ZIP files there is a near instant method, as for newer Zip files and rar, best bet is to guess the rough length of the password and begin brute **** it.

thats the easiest method for those not so computer savey.

hunt one down, I have one, but pretty much you need to register and blah blah, so best bet is google.

OK, I did it again. This time I didn't realize there was a pw attached to the files.
Anyone know this one? 902151.part1.rar

idontworksundays--point me in the direction for the pw cracker if you would. Thanks for your reply. I appreciate your help.

Tully

I found a post with that title and having three parts.
No pass listed in the post but the thread runner have for other files given this as a pass: neki79.

Hope it helps you JCTul.
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i alway use the same rar pw for all my posts. i keep a text file of pws from other dls i make. i have sometimes forgot to mark the pw, but can guess from what it is, who uploaded it, what else they uplaoded, and the pass for that.

Thanks a million. That pw worked. How did you find it? I load sometimes 80 files in FlashGet and sometimes forget to record the pw. I found some around where I marked this one but could not find this specific one.
Again, thanks!

BTW, what is everyone's favorite rar pw cracker?

Tully

Pw crackers do not realy apply here as... this is a forum... they are only really required if you are trying to obtain files that you should not know the pw for in the first place! You are best in future saving your rars with the pass either saved in the filename of that file or else put it in the same folder as the rar is saved.

Why waste your time on pw crackers when you have it given to you by the poster since now you know what to do...? It doesn't even equate to "I was just too lazy" anymore! there is more work involved to discuss and get a good pw cracker than it is to just record the original pass given in the first place... no

JCTul wrote:

I remembered I had read your post and since I'm after all is a moderator I'm checking posts by random also from well known posters.
By pure coinsidence I read some posts where similar filenames was used so I checked the complete thread.
As I said in the previous message there was no pass given in the post but elsewhere in the thread a pass was mentioned.
Happy that it worked for you.
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Thanks for taking the time to share that with me.
Esteban, I don't totally agree with your reasoning in your comments but I will certainly drop the rar pw crack thread.
As you can see by svinto's reply there are times when the pw is not put in the post but somewhere else. So I miss a few from time to time. Not a matter of whether I'm lazy or not but rather a matter of whether I read every post on every page when I picked a file to d/l.

BTW, I missed a few other pw's but was able to go back and find them myself. Thanks for your help.

Tully

If someone forgets to put a pw in their post then that is a very rare occasion.

What I am getting at is that posters who post here generally always will tell you the pw otherwise... WTF it's lazy not to save it by the downloader at least, no?

Maybe if you want files from a site where you can get a list of files added from lots of forums for d/l and you wouldn't know the pass it would make sense to me but still even they add the pass, otherwise there really is no point.

BTW don't ever argue with me again!!!! (I am joking )

Somehow I've managed to strike a nerve with you by asking for a pw that I missed when I selected a file to d/l. In fact, I did it more than once. Maybe you're right---I am lazy. Oh well
Thanks,

Tully