Now that, following last week’s hardware tragedy, I’m limited to only the Windows 2000 part of my dual-boot system, I can’t believe how far to seed I let the old place go. Somehow I managed to load and run that OS without bothering to include any of my usual programs. And I’ve spent the week trying to track down Exact Audio Copy, the WinRAR trial version, and freeware for FTP, MP3 encoding, and SHN decoding. (I paid for these programs for Windows XP, but they and my registration information are lost — and I don’t feel like paying for them again!)Another program I find I need is QuickPar. It appears to be only available from one site, http://www.pbclements.co.uk/QuickPar, but for some reason that page is frustratingly out of service. I managed however to track down the program through Usenet, and since it’s such a helpful little download aid I might as well mirror it here. [Link since removed.]
