how to do md5sum on windows xp
This post was written 8 years ago.
Wed, 11 Aug 2004
download a copy of md5sum.exe to c:\windows\system32
(I got mine from http://downloads.activestate.com/contrib/md5sum/Windows/)
open command prompt (start -> run -> 'cmd')
cd to the directory where the file you want to check is e.g. cd c:\downloads
type md5sum filenameoffileyouwanttocheck.foo
This will return a string of numbers and letters - compare to the one listed against the file you downloaded (i.e. the one usually listed somewhere on the page where you downloaded the file from)
(I got mine from http://downloads.activestate.com/contrib/md5sum/Windows/)
open command prompt (start -> run -> 'cmd')
cd to the directory where the file you want to check is e.g. cd c:\downloads
type md5sum filenameoffileyouwanttocheck.foo
This will return a string of numbers and letters - compare to the one listed against the file you downloaded (i.e. the one usually listed somewhere on the page where you downloaded the file from)
This post was written 8 years ago, which in internet time is really, really old. This means that what is written above, and the links contained within, may now be obsolete, inaccurate or wildly out of context, so please bear that in mind :)
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