Download from RapidShare for Free
Posted 11th Jul 2009 at 05:57 PM by Cøbra
If you are new to this and don't know what RapidShare is, please read What is RapidShare? prior to reading this article.
The files you're looking to download from RapidShare are most probably RAR files (filenames end in .rar), which means you will need to download and install WinRAR. The How to Install WinRAR article walks you through the installation process. Please ensure this is done prior to proceeding with this article.
Okay, so you're presented with one or more RapidShare URLs similar to:
Quote:
http://rapidshare.com/files/254517148/tutorial.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/254517150/tutorial.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/254517151/tutorial.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/254517150/tutorial.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/254517151/tutorial.part3.rar
- Carefully highlight and select the first URL (indicated in red above) with your mouse, ensuring you don't miss out characters from the beginning and the end.
- - Right-click and select "Copy" from the context menu.
- - Open a new tab in your Internet browser.
- - Right-click in the address bar and select "Paste". You will see the RapidShare URL you copied.
- - Now press the "Enter" key on your keyboard. This will load the URL.
- - Click the button titled "Free user" on the left-hand side.
- - If the file you're trying to download is large, you will be prompted to wait a couple of minutes.
- - Following completion of the wait period, a "Download" button will appear. Click this button.
- - A few seconds later, your Internet browser will prompt you to save this file.
- - Once the file has fully downloaded, do the same again (steps 1 to 9) for the other two RapidShare links provided above.
Now that you've downloaded all 3 files, click here to learn how to extract files from the RAR archive.
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