How to Repair Corrupted or Damaged RAR File

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  • Updated on December 14th, 2023

RAR is a data container that stores one or more files or folders in condensed form. It is also known as Roshal Archived compressed(RAR) file. Generally, most of the users archive the information for business or personal as a RAR file. As you know that the users mostly utilize the archive RAR file to exchange the information through the internet. It contains several files in one file and it can also be password-protected, hence the content remains hidden from unknowing people.

One can easily store videos, documents, images, etc in it. For sending numerous files or images through email or any other means, then, rar format comes in help. We can assemble all the files in an archived form and then send it. This can save lots of time and space.

Methods to Repair RAR file

There are different ways to repair the corrupt RAR file which is the following:-

Repair RAR file using Winrar application

This method requires the Winrar application installed in your system. Winrar has a built-in feature that can easily repair corrupt RAR files. The steps to repair RAR file using Winrar are as follows:

  • Download and install Winrar in your system
  • Now open the application and go to the File menu
  • Click on the Open archive option
  • A Find archive window will be opened. Choose the file that needs to be repaired and then press the Open button
  • Now go to the Tools menu and choose Repair Archive option
  • A pop-up window will be opened where you can set the location to save the file. Select the Archive type “Treat the archive type as are” and then click on the OK button to start the repairing process
  • Close the application after repairing is completed

Force extracting corrupt RAR file

  • Launch Winrar and then navigate to the location where the corrupt archive file is located
  • Right-click on the file and click on the Extract to option
  • A new window named Extraction path and options is opened. You can set the destination path and check keep broken files box
  • Click on the OK button to start the extraction process

Soon all the files will be extracted and saved on the selected destination path.

Professional Methods to Repair Corrupt RAR File

In this method, we are using Aryson Archive Recovery Software to repair a corrupt RAR file. The steps are as given below:

  • Launch Archive Recovery Software
  • Select the file type as are and then click on the Next button
  • Now, select either a single file or multiple files as required
  • Navigate to the file using Browse button and then press the Next button
  • The rar file will then be scanned and a preview of the files will be given
  • Navigate to the location where you want to save the file and then click on the Save button
  • The saving process will soon be finished
  • You can close the application by clicking on the exit button

Aryson Archive Recovery Software

One of the best means to repair and recover the data of the corrupt RAR file is through third-party software called Aryson Archive Recovery Software. This software specializes in recovering the data accumulated in different archive file formats like rar, tar.gz, zip, 7zip, etc. Few of the other features of Aryson Archive Recovery Software are as follows:

  • Efficiently recovers the large archive files in a single shot
  • Smartly recover and repair the Corrupt Archive files of all formats like ZIP, RAR, TAR, TAR.GZ, 7-GZ
  • Fixes the corruption errors showing “unexpected end of archive”
  • It can easily extract the large files of approx 1TB size
  • Archive Recovery can repair the Archive files created on MAC OS and Windows
  • By Freeware Online Archive Recovery Tool you can preview the recovered files

Conclusion

There are different methods available to repair RAR file. Few such methods are described in detail in the above topic. Two methods use Winrar as the means to repair the file and the third method incorporated Aryson Archive Recovery Software for the restoration of the corrupted RAR file. You can choose any method according to your will.

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About The Author:

Rohan Wiese is a Technical Writer at Aryson Technologies. He is an expert Email Forensic, Cloud Computing, and a passionate nerd with over 10 years of experience in technical content writing. He writes about Cloud Migration, Database Recovery, Email Backup, Windows, Mac, and Tech.

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