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You Need To Have Following Volume To Continue Extraction May 2026
Multi-volume archives are split into several parts (volumes) for easier distribution or to circumvent file size limitations on certain storage media. For the extraction process to be successful, you usually need to have all the volumes (or parts) of the archive.
Common Variations of This Error
Depending on the compression software and file format, you might see slightly different wording: you need to have following volume to continue extraction
Then extract file.7z normally.
1. What does this mean?
- You are trying to extract a multi-part archive (e.g.,
.part1.rar,.part2.raror.001,.002). - The software cannot find the next required segment in sequence.
- It lists a specific filename (e.g.,
file.part2.rarorarchive.r00).
Missing Parts: You haven't downloaded or moved all the segments (e.g., part1.rar, part2.rar, etc.) to the same folder. Multi-volume archives are split into several parts (volumes)