Repair RAR File of WinRAR

WinRAR is a file compression utility that helps to reduce the size of the file by reducing unnecessary amount of information from a particular file. It has highly compression algorithms which help in breaking a compressing file into sub files. Sub files are the smaller segment of the main file which can be rearranged during decompression process. It has the unique ability to create self-extracting archives. WinRAR helps to squeeze a larger file which makes data transferring and sharing process much easier. The major difference between WinRAR and WinZip is that WinRAR is a shareware program whereas WinZip is freeware program which comes by default by Windows Operating System. Other than this, most of the features of WinRAR and WinZip are same. It is the most efficient tool for zipping and unzipping RAR and ZIP files. It is also able to unzip files like CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ etc.  It has powerful graphical user interface. It has special “Wizard” mode which allows quick access to the archiving functions. It supports files and archives approximately to 8,589 billion gigabytes. It has an extraordinary feature of reconstructing physically damaged archives. Therefore, WinRAR features are getting upgraded day by day in order to hold number one position as file compression utility. As we know that WinRAR helps to zip and unzip RAR files, sometimes even this compression utility will not be able to compress and decompress RAR files because of RAR file corruption. The reasons for RAR file corruption are many but the most prominent one are as mentioned below:

 

Interruption during downloading process - RAR file structure gets damaged if any disturbance occurs during downloading any RAR file. Interruption occurs due to power failure, system failure or abrupt shut down of the system. It is essential that downloading process is executed without of any hurdles. Once any interruption takes place, then your RAR file is likely to get damaged. Use professional RAR repair application in order to fix corrupted RAR file.

File extension alteration – It is one of the most critical reasons for file header corruption. Making any changes or alteration to the file extension can corrupt your RAR file. Generally, if you rename a file extension from ‘abc.jpeg’ to ‘abc.rar’ will affect the file structure of that particular file and create a problem in accessing it. Due to this reason your file becomes unusable and will not function as a RAR file.

Physical damage to the storage disk – Storage disk helps to store a large number of compressed files and other data. But sometimes it may happen that you are not able to store a particular file to the storage due to some problems. These problems can be physical damage such as cracks in the disk or due to the exposure of the disk to the liquids. Due to these damages your RAR files might get corrupted

 

However, you can always prevent your RAR files from getting corrupted by following some of the precautionary measures which are as follows:

 

• Check your network connection before downloading RAR files from internet. If any interruption takes place because of network connection at the time of downloading RAR files then there are lot of chances that your file may gets corrupted.
• Never ever change file extension of any RAR files until and unless it is required and you know the proper methods of changing file extension.
• Never use unreliable third party application for unzipping RAR files or for changing file extension.

 

Even after this if you are unable to protect your RAR files from above mentioned file corruption scenarios then you need to use Repair RAR software to fix the file corruption problem. This tool has easy-to-use interface which helps to repair severely damaged and corrupted RAR file easily and efficiently. It is capable of repairing severely damaged RAR file after header corruption without breaking the password code. It repairs and supports all versions of RAR files having file size of 4GB or more. This software has the ability to fix corrupt RAR files on Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008. The software has the capability to fix RAR password protected file corrupted due to above mentioned reasons.

 

Simple steps to repair severely corrupted RAR files are as follows:

 

Step 1: Download and install the demo version of this software free of cost and launch it by clicking the desktop icon. After launching it, a new window will appear where you need to browse your corrupted RAR file by that needs to be repaired by clicking on “Browse” button as shown in Figure 1

 

Figure 1 : Main Screen

 

Step 2: Once your file gets uploaded you have to click on the "Repair" button in order to start the repair process and move on to the next step as shown in Figure 2

 

Figure 2 : Select RAR file to repair

 

Step 3: As soon as you click on repair button, the software will immediately start scanning each and every corrupted RAR file for repair process. Once your file gets repaired, you will be able to preview all your repaired files using “Preview” option as shown in Figure 3.

 

 

Figure 3 : Preview Repaired RAR File