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You often use WinRAR to extract and compress files. 7 selected features of WinRAR will greatly assist you in using your computer. However, today you're facing an issue where every click results in a Windows prompt stating 'file is corrupt.' This article will instruct you on how to fix this error.
Causes of the 'file is corrupt' error
- You're extracting files that have been split into parts such as part 1, part 2, part N. Some of these files may be corrupted due to the splitting process.
- The compressed file became corrupted during download from the internet or while transferring data via mobile storage devices such as USB drives or external hard drives.
How to resolve:
To fix the 'file is corrupt' error
You can use the following methods to fix the issue or download the latest version of WinRAR
- Method 1: Recover corrupted compressed files using WinRAR
- Method 2: When extracting, select Keep broken files to allow WinRAR to automatically extract and skip errors, continuing to extract files that are not corrupted.
- Method 3: Decompress the corrupted file using tools such as Winzip, 7Zip. Alternatively, use software that supports repairing compressed files like Recovery Toolbox for RAR
We hope that after reading this article, you have a simple and time-saving method to fix the 'file is corrupt' error. This will allow you to easily extract compressed files and address similar extraction issues without difficulty.
