How do .par files work?

[FleshLight]

??? I don't get how it is able to magically create 2 missing 15 mb rar files from scratch.

 

[Evadman]

Parity my friend.

 

[phreakah]

it's just that... magic

 

[lokiju]

how it works.

 

[FleshLight]

Originally posted by: blazert40
how it works.

Oooh thanks. But I don't get how you're limited to only recreating a certain amount. Can't you just copy/paste the par files into separate folders and reconstruct from there?