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ok first of all what a great idea driver packs is !
here is my problem-- I have downloaded the unzip package 7-zip
When I download a driver pack eg. for network card
I go to unzip it using 7-zip and always seem to get the message, along the lines of
cannot open file
does anyone have any ideas on this one?
Sometimes when you download you end up with a corrupted file. It doesn't complete, or it has a problem with the pattern... You have to re-download when you can't open it up like that. I've done it tons of times.
I've noticed that the problem occurs most when you download more than 1 pack at a time.
it did it again
it downloaded
I clicked on "extract"
it extracted
when it got to 99% completion - I got
"could not open output file..."
Could also be bad RAM on your side or a bad HDD sector.
Use www.memtest.org and chkdsk to verify both!
the system is absolutely fine - there are no other symptoms of bad ram or a bas hdd sector
the problem seems to be with the unzipping - that is all
Where are you unzipping? Are you streamlining in and letting it unzip during setup or are you trying to open and unzip within an existing windows installation?
ok I download the file - lets say "sound drivers A"
It downloads perfect - I unzip using 7-Zip...all is well
It gets into about 99% completion and then ....I get the message
"could not open output file"
Erm, that didn't really clear anything up.
You unzip it under windows and it works fine, then when you're going through the windows setup it only gets to 99% before having a problem?
the system is absolutely fine - there are no other symptoms of bad ram or a bas hdd sector
the problem seems to be with the unzipping - that is all
Well, these do sound like symptoms to me.
If things were always that obvious (eg you'd notice this during everyday work) you propabaly wouldn't need any testing tools.
Besides, I'm just trying to narrow it down.
Running the test certainly does not hurt, moreso since you're the only one reporting such errors.
This makes it very unlikely the problem is atually the server host or the packs themselves...
Far as I know, you cannot use a USB stick with 7zip.
it cannot create output file
Does that apply to external hard drives attached through USBs as well, Jaak?
hmmm, USB stick... I just did it with the tiniest pack (CPU), and it worked.
when I last did that, mass storage, it failed..
I just looked again, and I see there was not enough space left on that stick.
Different error too.
it is still a riddle then.
Oh okay, that makes more sense. 
Last edited by TigerC10 (2007-08-08 17:29:57)
Some one generate an MD5 of the pack and then zobbo can do the same to see if this is a download error.
Probably the file is cahced badly in eithere the browser or a proxy.
Well, you don't necessarily need an MD5 hash. If you have 7zip installed and it's integrated to the shell, then right clicking on it you can open the 7-zip command subset and test the archive.
Although if you really want here are the MD5 hashes I got from the packs.
Pack: Hash
DP_LAN_wnt5_x86-32_7062.7z: ab7d58d68b40b72cde3fefceb50d2a06
DP_WLAN_wnt5_x86-32_706.7z: 5240b625c3a06e98970c741a4f411d9b
DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_7072.7z: 60f9b13cd961e25b74a8336ec205dea8
DP_Sound_A_wnt5_x86-32_7072.7z: 0ebaa4af9e13f5ea5fc145c22328e256
DP_Sound_B_wnt5_x86-32_7071.7z: cb16186e1eaef7fec460c18adfb5c905
DP_Graphics_A_wnt5_x86-32_706.7z: d7d37597cb2bb62e3b8079bb04457b8a
DP_Graphics_B_wnt5_x86-32_705.7z: c94a87f2dfd07b86410528427b294c62
DP_Graphics_C_wnt5_x86-32_704.7z: 37ec1ff6ce889150cce4c9b86a633986
DP_CPU_wnt5_x86-32_7041.7z: 2d402ee9fca45d254406b41f87ada406
DP_Chipset_wnt5_x86-32_706.7z: 37591f8a5f27f306a16463f73aef78a4
EDIT:
I used Turbo WinMD5 0.44 to generate the MD5 hashes - http://www.paehl.de/twinmd5.zip
Last edited by TigerC10 (2007-08-09 11:21:26)
Well, you don't necessarily need an MD5 hash. If you have 7zip installed and it's integrated to the shell, then right clicking on it you can open the 7-zip command subset and test the archive.
That's right and ususally more than adequate, however, in this case, the problem could lie elsewhere, so an MD5 would be good to see whetherit could be the RAM or not (MD5 showing up correctly but not extracting properly).
I used Turbo WinMD5 0.44 to generate the MD5 hashes - http://www.paehl.de/twinmd5.zip
Somthing is wrong about that link, sayes that it can not process the directory (wount download or show any pages).
Yeah 7z should alert you if the archive is bad but this is just to be douple safe 
I have nothing wrong with that link. I just tested it again. Try right clicking and "save as" ??
You can also use Hashtab, that's probabaly what the rest of the Team uses, too.
You need to right-click-->properties a file to get the menu.
Anyway, the latest version seems to break some Windows themes, so see if that works out for you or not (it's just a cosmetical problem, after all).
Just a tryout -
Have you got admin rights to the folder you are trying to extract to?
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