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Winrar – Testing Archive Files
Actually, we can test the download archive file and make sure it is not corrupted right after the download process finished. I’ve always done this before proceed to the next archive file. If the first part is corrupted, then I’ll stop proceeding to download the next part since my internet is limited. If you’re using streamyx with unlimited usage, then you should have no problem to download all of it.
How to test the archive file? Refer the image below:
In the red box, you can see the ‘Extract To’ and ‘Test’ button. Just click the ‘Test’ button and Winrar will test the archive file. If you have complete part of archive files then it will tell you if there is an error of certain part. You will know which part is corrupted. If there is no error, then it will tell you ‘No error found during test operation’, like in this screenshot:
But if your archive file is corrupted, then you’ll receive some error message, just like in my older post about corrupted files. Winrar will tell you which part is corrupted.
If you don’t have complete set of archive files you still can test the files but you will get a pop up message asking to browse for the file. Take a look at this screenshot:
Note that if one of your archive file has different spelling then this message will appear too. You can browse for the file and it’ll continue testing. This method also work for extracting.
If you haven’t download the next part you can click ‘cancel’ and this message will appear:
The message just said that the file is corrupted but it didn’t tell us which part. If you get this message, then you’ll have no problem to extract the file. But this is still not completed. You may get an error file for the next part because you still didn’t test the complete set of archive file. You may continue downloading the next part and tested it again until you’ve complete all part of it.
Repair Corrupt ZIP / RAR Archive
The most used file compression software available on the planet are WinZIP and WinRAR. Due to their excellent compression capabilities, they are widely used for making compressed backup of important files and compressing data to store in a small amount of storage devices. But due to various reasons these compressed files gets corrupted and fails to decompress.
Some of the common errors being displayed while doing uncompression is as follows :
- “Cannot open file: it does not appear to be a valid archive”
- “This is not a valid win32 application‘ or ‘Corrupt Zip file“
- “CRC Errors”
On can easily repair the corrupt ZIP or RAR file using the inbuilt repair option within the compression software itself, if the compressed file is not heavily damaged.
To repair a corrupt RAR / ZIP file using WinRAR, use following method.
- Open WinRAR and browse to the folder with your .rar/.zip file.
- Highlight the file and click the Repair button from the tool bar.
In the pop-up window, select “Treat the corrupt archive as RAR/ZIP” depending on which type of archive you are trying to repair.
- You may get a “Suspicious Entry” pop-up. If so, select All. This may happen several times while repairing.
- After WinRAR has completed repairing the archive, click on Close.
- To extract your file, highlight your new rebuilt archive.
- Next select Commands > Extract without confirmation
- The files will start extracting.
- The archived files will be extracted to the specified folder as the repaired archive.
Use 7-Zip to Uncompress
Use the program 7-zip if you have any issues with uncompressing the zip restore. It can be downloaded for free at: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html. Once you install it you can right click on the zip restore and select ’7-zip’ > ‘Extract here’.
