WinRaR Corrupt Files (CRC Error!)

You downloaded all the files and now WinRar says that the files are corrupted and / or wrong password error.
DO NOT contact us if you encounter this error. All the necessary steps to rectify your issue are described below.

How to solve this?

First you must know exactly which file(s) is / are corrupted. When WinRar gives back the error it says which file(s) is / are corrupted. But to be sure, open each file at a time. When opening each file, if the file is corrupt winrar will give an error immediately. (Recently and increasing, have been appearing corrupt files which are more dificult to detect, the ones that are corrupt. For those cases just use the repair option in all files.)

Now you know which file(s) is / are corrupted

There are 2 Methods to solvethis:

Method 1:

Open the corrupted part, and press "ALT + R"
When all went well, the file will be ok.

Alternative Method 1:

Step 1: Open Winrar and navigate to the folder containing the *.rar files. If you open the first file you can navigate to the folder using the up button.



Step 2: Highlight / select all of the files associated with the archive and click the repair button. This will take some time.



Step 3: Use the repaired files to extract the previously corrupted content. The files will have the prefix "fixed" or "rebuilt." added to them.



Note: Most of the time there are only 1 or 2 corrupted files and there is no need to repair the ones that are OK. To do this, you must know which files are bad and select those files and repair them. Once repaired, delete the original files and remove the "fixed" or "rebuilt." prefix from the repaired files. Finaly, extract as usual.

If Method 1 does not work please try Method 2.

Method 2:

Step 1: Download the file or files that are corrupted again.
Step 2: Extract using WINRAR. Problem should be solved.

Method 3: Extract Keeping Broken Files

1. Make sure that WinRAR is integrated into shell (Open WinRAR -> Options -> Settings -> Integration -> Integrate WinRAR into shell)

2. Right-click on the RAR file in question and select "Extract files..."



3. Make sure that "Keep broken files" tickbox is ticked



4. Click OK to begin extraction.

Note: This method will not bypass password problems due to corruption. It may also result in extracted contents having issues, such as artifacts/pixelation for video and so on.

Method 4 - RAR Recovery Toolbox v1.1.7.15

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Tool for recovering corrupted RAR archives.

Recovery Toolbox for RAR (download) is used to recover information from corrupted archives of the RAR format. You can use it to completely avoid or at least minimize losses of compressed data. The RAR recovery tool works in the following way: first, it completely scans and analyzes the corrupted archive, extract all information it can extract from it, after that the final list of files and folders appears on the screen. You can view this list and select only those objects you need to save. At the same time, the RAR recovery program may recover some files incorrectly or it may fail to recover some files at all. It depends on how badly the archive is corrupted. Extracted files and folders are saved to the specified location, after which they are available for use. It is also important that the source archive remains unchanged and is not modified in any way, the RAR recover program only reads data from it.

Recovery Toolbox for RAR has quite a wide range of features. It supports all currently existing variants of the RAR compression format, files created with archiving software versions 1.x, 2.x, 3.x with different compression rates. Besides, Recovery Toolbox for RAR has the following features:

*Recovering information from corrupted password-protected archives of the RAR format (customer should type in the password manually)
*Recovering information from corrupted files of the RAR format larger than 4 GB
*Recovering information from archives of the RAR format stored on corrupted media (floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, Zip drives, etc.)
*Recovering information from corrupted archives of the RAR format via the local area network

One of the main things Recovery Toolbox for RAR differs from other software in is that it is extremely easy to use. The interface of the RAR recover tool is implemented as a step-by-step wizard. You have to perform only one operation in each step of this wizard. To recover information from a corrupted RAR archive, the file recovery .rar tool it is enough to make literally several mouse clicks altogether. Thus, any computer users can use Recovery Toolbox for RAR, including those who have just started working with a PC.
Currently, RAR is one of the most popular formats used to compress any data: documents, audio, video, etc. Archives are usually used in two cases: to store information that is not needed so far and to transfer information via open communications channels. In both cases there is a risk of corrupting the compressed file. After that it will be impossible to open it and, therefore, extract information from it. There may be various reasons why an archive becomes corrupted. If the compressed file is stored on the hard drive, the problem may be caused by failures in the operating system or software, hardware failures, power failures, etc. However, an archive is most likely to be corrupted when you carry it on removable media (CDs and DVDs, floppy disks, ZIP drives, etc.), download it from the Internet or transfer it via e-mail. In these cases, the risk of getting an incorrect compressed file is relatively large.

Recovery ToolBox for RAR is compatible with Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003, Windows Vista.

What if these methods did not work:

If you downloaded the file again and it's still corrupted, make sure your downloads are 100% downloaded. Sometimes the download ends abruptly near the end. Check file size. Usually only the last file has a different size, all others should have the same size. Compare the file sizes to see if the problem is from the download or if it really is the file that's corrupted.

Suggestion:

You can try to save the content file(s) even with a corrupted WinRar file. Use the same procedure described at "AVI Preview with WinRar" to extract the content. If the content file is an AVI file you may have luck and the damaged frames might be unnoticeable or it might be fixable with specific programs to fix AVI files index. If the content of the WinRar file is a bunch of files, you may have luck also because the problem might stay at an info file not needed to install the program, for example.