How to Open a Damaged WinRAR Archive?

Damaged WinRAR Archives

To share a large-sized file over the internet in a compressed format, the RAR archive is a well-suited option available to the users. To implement this operation most of us use the WinRAR archive manager, which is very effective to compress and extract the RAR file. However, there are various instances when this well-structured archive file may get damaged or broken. This creates issues in opening the WinRAR archive.

Possible causes for damages to the RAR files

Needless to say, it is very frustrating to experience the RAR file turn corrupt. You may reach such a situation because of improper download, CRC error, header corruption, virus threats, bad sectors on the drive, etc. The CRC error is also likely to arise when you try to open the damaged RAR archive. During extraction, a checksum is compared to the previous checksum value created at the time compression of the RAR archive. If any mismatch occurs, CRC errors pop-up and the RAR extraction eventually fails. You may also be unable to access the corrupted WinRAR archive because of improper compression and extraction as well.

The best way to fix damaged WinRAR archives- WinRAR Repair software

You cannot open a damaged WinRAR archive without repairing it. To successfully extract the damaged RAR archives, you need to make use of the WinRAR Repair utility. This software is driven by the robust scan engine that extracts the damaged or broken RAR archives in a fraction of time. Irrespective of the reason behind damages to the RAR files, this tool can easily extract the archives at high success rates.

Notable features of WinRAR Repair utility:

• Simple and secure to use
• Returns RAR archives without altering the original file structure
• Helps to overcome CRC errors with the RAR files. Follow this link to fix this CRC error: https://www.winrarrepair.net/file-crc-error.html
• Works with all WinRAR versions
• Supports fixture of multipart RAR archives
• Compatible with Windows 10, 8, 7, XP, Vista, etc.
• Helps to repair RAR file throwing error 17540

Note: Get more help to fix damaged WinRAR file on the Windows 7 system, you can follow this link: https://www.winrarrepair.net/windows-7.html

Steps to Open a Damaged WinRAR Archive

Step 1: After launching it you will see the main screen as shown below.

Fig 1: Main Screen

Step 2: Select the damaged WinRAR file using the "Browse" option.

Step 3: Proceed to hit on the "Repair" button to initiate the repair process.

Fig 2: Select WinRAR File

Step 4: Now you can choose a required location using the "Browse" button. Press on the "Save" icon.

Fig 3: Save the WinRAR File