FileFix

"The archive is corrupt".

WinRAR showed "The archive is corrupt" because a header or a file's data no longer matches the checksum the RAR stored for it. Upload the RAR5 archive and see a free list of the files FileFix recovered before you decide. A RAR comes back as a ZIP of the recovered files. Not every damaged RAR can be recovered; the free summary shows which files came back before you pay.

Drop a broken ZIP or RAR archive here — the free preview shows what's recoverable before you pay.

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Files up to 2 GB.

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Good news — your file isn't damaged. No charge.

There's nothing to repair. If it still looks broken, the issue may be the player, codec, or viewer on your device rather than the file itself.

We couldn't recover this one.

The file is too damaged to rebuild, so there is nothing to preview and no charge.

Unrepaired files are kept encrypted for up to 30 days, then deleted.

FileFix can't fix that kind of file yet.

Right now we repair video, audio, document, and image files (MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, AVI, TS, MTS, M2TS, MPG, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, WebM, FLV, M4A, WAV, MP3, AAC, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, AIFF, XLSX, DOCX, PPTX, ODT, ZIP, RAR, PDF, AI, HEIC, and HEIF). We're adding support for more formats over time.

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Why this happens

Every RAR5 header and every stored file carries its own checksum. WinRAR reports the archive as corrupt when one of them does not match, which points to bytes changed by a failing drive, a bad transfer, or an interrupted write.

Damage to one file does not mean every file is lost. WinRAR's own Repair command can help when the archive was made with a recovery record; try it on a copy first, and keep the untouched original.

FileFix extracts what it can and delivers it in a new ZIP. A file whose bytes fail the checksum the RAR still carries for it is left out and named in the summary as not recovered.

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What we can and can't recover

We can usually fix

  • RAR5 archives that show "unexpected end of archive"
  • RAR5 archives WinRAR calls corrupt
  • RAR archives cut off during a download or copy

We can't fix

  • RAR 4 archives (made by WinRAR 4 and older)
  • Encrypted or password-protected archives
  • Multi-part archives missing their other volumes
  • Genuinely empty (0-byte) files

How it works

  1. Upload Drop the file in. It uploads over an encrypted connection. The repair runs automatically — no person looks at your file.
  2. Free watermarked preview You see exactly what we recovered — the list of files recovered from the archive.
  3. Pay & download If the summary shows what you need, unlock the repaired ZIP archive from $5 USD.

You see a recovery summary built from your actual file before you decide anything — so you never guess.

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