WinRar

[eric3939]

When trying to extract files from RAR archive, I come across error message stating, “Unexpected end of archive”.  What’s wrong? How to extract them?

[A4Apollo]

Hello,

                 Since you mentioned that You are getting error Unexpected end of archive please follow the instructions below to fix the issue.

Just close that error dialogue first.
Then, in the top menu go to ‘tools‘ and choose ‘repair archive‘. (Or use Alt + R)
You will then be asked in what folder the repaired archive should be saved. Choose a folder. The archive type should be the same as the file extension of the original file (so if it is a .zip file, choose ZIP and for a .rar. choose Rar). Click OK.

Now wait until the process finishes. If everything goes well, your RAR or ZIP file should be repaired and the error message should no longer appear when opening your archive file!

Your repaired file can be found on the location you choose earlier and the name should be rebuilt.originalname.zip/.rar.

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[Riddle_Decipher]

Hi,

You may start with the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i6PIVZPRBA

Or click on the link : http://www.winrarrepair.net/unexpected-end-of-file.html


If you need more help, follow the steps mentioned below:

Reason for encountering the error message

There are few reasons for getting unexpected end of archive RAR error; you usually encounter this error when you start a downloading process and after downloading few GBs (gigabytes) or MBs (megabytes), it stops and displays a message as download complete.

Given below are the steps which might help you in recovering some files from your corrupted RAR archive:

• Step 1: Run WinRAR program and browse to the drive or folder where your corrupt RAR file is present
• Step 2: Select the RAR file and click on “Repair” button from the tool bar
• Step 3: A window pops-up choose, “Treat corrupt archive as RAR” option
• Step 4: In case if you get a “Suspicious Entry” popping up, then select All, you may encounter this message several times while the repair process
• Step 5: After completion of the repair process, click on close
• Step 6: To extract your files, select your new rebuilt archive
• Step 7: Next, choose commands->Extract without confirmation, the files start to get extracted

[coondada · Accepted solution]

There are few reasons for getting unexpected end of archive RAR error; you usually encounter this error when you start a downloading process and after downloading few GBs (gigabytes) or MBs (megabytes), it stops and displays a message as download complete. https://discuss.howtogeek.com/t/winrar-crc-is-wrong/28443