{"id":2556,"date":"2015-05-11T03:32:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T03:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=2556"},"modified":"2023-04-15T07:52:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T07:52:55","slug":"how-to-repair-archive-files-after-corrupt-or-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-repair-archive-files-after-corrupt-or-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Repair RAR\/ZIP Files after Archive Corrupt or Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ads-google\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3976761739610001\" data-ad-slot=\"8881155354\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>How to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-repair-archive-files-after-corrupt-or-damage\/\"><strong>repair corrupted archive RAR or ZIP file<\/strong><\/a>? We know that file corrupt is one of reasons that lead to archive decompression failure. The other reason is wrong password.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/archive-file-corrupt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"244\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/archive-file-corrupt.png\" alt=\"archive file corrupt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/archive-file-corrupt.png 550w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/archive-file-corrupt-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If it is just because of password wrong, extract archive again with right password is OK. Even though you have no RAR or ZIP password, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/rar-password-recovery.html\">RAR Password Genius<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/zip-password-recovery.html\">ZIP Password Genius<\/a> would help you to recover it.<\/p>\n<p>So now let\u2019s see how to do with <strong>RAR\/ZIP archive corrupt error<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When archive is corrupted, maybe it is not so easy to extract it like when archive password is wrong. But it is possible to <strong>repair RAR or ZIP archive<\/strong> successfully with following three methods.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#method1\">Method 1: Repair corrupted RAR\/ZIP archive with WinRAR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#method2\">Method 2: Repair damaged RAR\/ZIP archive with compressed file repair tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#method3\">Method 3: Repair corrupted RAR or ZIP file with shortcut menu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"method1\">Method 1: Repair corrupted RAR\/ZIP archive with WinRAR<\/h2>\n<p>Compressed file repair function is integrated in WinRAR. So if you want to <strong>repair corrupted archive<\/strong>, you can try to use WinRAR.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Step 1:<\/strong><\/em> Run WinRAR and in address bar, navigate to the location where the corrupted archive is saved.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Step 2:<\/strong><\/em> Select corrupted RAR or ZIP file. Click <strong>Repair<\/strong> button in tool bar, and choose &#8220;Repair archiver&#8221; if there is a drop-down list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/begin-to-repair-corrupted-archive-in-winrar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/begin-to-repair-corrupted-archive-in-winrar.png\" alt=\"begin to repair corrupted archive in winrar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/begin-to-repair-corrupted-archive-in-winrar.png 550w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/begin-to-repair-corrupted-archive-in-winrar-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Step 3:<\/strong><\/em> Then a new dialog would pop up. There you can choose the location where you want to save the archive after repairment. Confirm settings and click OK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/archive-repair-settings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/archive-repair-settings.png\" alt=\"rar or zip archive repair settings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/archive-repair-settings.png 550w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/archive-repair-settings-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Step 4:<\/strong><\/em> After 100% repairing corrupted archive, go to the folder you choose to save repaired archive, and find the file named <em>_rebuilt.rar<\/em> or <em>_rebuilt.zip<\/em>. This file is the repaired archive file you want.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/repair-archive-in-winrar-successfully.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/repair-archive-in-winrar-successfully.png\" alt=\"repair archive in winrar successfully\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/repair-archive-in-winrar-successfully.png 550w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/repair-archive-in-winrar-successfully-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/get-archive-after-repair.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"138\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/get-archive-after-repair.png\" alt=\"get archive after repair\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong> You can try this method, because if the archive is not corrupted seriously, the success rate is high.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"method2\">Method 2: Repair damaged RAR\/ZIP archive with compressed file repair tools<\/h2>\n<p>Undoubtedly, the special compressed file repair tools are available to <strong>repair corrupted or damaged RAR or ZIP archive<\/strong>. For example, Zipmagic, RAR Recovery Toolbox, Advanced RAR Repair, they should be powerful than repair function provided by WinRAR. They adopt a variety of algorithms to scan damaged archive to recover archive data, and check the consistency of archive file. All of these make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/data-recovery\/data-genius-user-guide.html\">archive corrupted data recovery<\/a> better.<\/p>\n<p>However, most of them are not free to use. So if you have no other ways to <strong>repair damaged archive<\/strong>, they are good choices for you.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"method3\">Method 3: Repair corrupted RAR\/ZIP file with shortcut menu<\/h2>\n<p>If your compressed file, RAR or ZIP archive is not large software, but an archive with several files, such as images, you can take following method into <strong>RAR or ZIP corrupt error repair<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Step 1:<\/strong><\/em> Select your RAR archive and right click it. Choose &#8220;Extract files&#8221; in the appearing shortcut menu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/select-corrupted-archive-to-repair.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/select-corrupted-archive-to-repair.png\" alt=\"select corrupted archive to repair\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/select-corrupted-archive-to-repair.png 550w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/select-corrupted-archive-to-repair-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Step 2:<\/strong><\/em> In the &#8220;Extraction path and options&#8221; window, choose a folder to save decompressed archive. And check <strong>Keep broken files<\/strong> in <strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/repair-corrupted-archive.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"505\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/repair-corrupted-archive.png\" alt=\"repair corrupted archive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/repair-corrupted-archive.png 550w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/repair-corrupted-archive-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Step 3:<\/strong><\/em> Click OK to begin extraction. When there are errors message prompting you, ignore them and go on to <strong>extract archive<\/strong>. Then we will get all the files that are not broken or corrupted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/zip-password\/recover-zip-password.html\">How to Recover ZIP Password<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/rar-password\/recover-rar-password.html\">How to Recover RAR Password<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-password-from-zip-file\/\">How to Remove Password from ZIP File with ZIP File Password Remover<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-bypass-winrar-password-protected-file-password\/\">How to Bypass WinRAR Password Protected File Password<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ads-google\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3976761739610001\" data-ad-slot=\"5625464292\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to repair corrupted archive RAR or ZIP file? 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