RAR "Unexpected end of archive" — recover the files inside.
WinRAR showed "Unexpected end of archive" because the RAR ends before its last file and end record, usually after a download or copy was cut short. 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.
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Why this happens
WinRAR reads a RAR5 archive file by file and expects an end-of-archive record after the last one. When the archive stops early it reports "Unexpected end of archive": the files stored before the cut can be complete, while the file the cut went through is not.
Before anything else, check whether the source still has the file. A fresh download of an archive cut short in transit is the cleanest fix, and a copy that failed part way can simply be copied again from the original.
FileFix extracts every file it can reach, leaves out any file whose bytes fail the checksum the RAR still carries for it, and writes the rest into a new ZIP. Files after the cut are not in the uploaded bytes, and no repair can recreate them; the summary names what was not recovered.
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
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Upload Drop the file in. It uploads over an encrypted connection. The repair runs automatically — no person looks at your file.
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Free watermarked preview You see exactly what we recovered — the list of files recovered from the archive.
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Pay & download If the summary shows what you need, unlock the repaired ZIP archive from $5 USD.
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Questions
A ZIP archive holding the files it recovered from your RAR. It opens on any computer without WinRAR. Files it could not recover are named as not recovered in the summary.
RAR5, the format WinRAR 5 and later write by default. Older RAR 4 archives are refused at upload, before anything is charged.
A file is recovered when it extracts cleanly. Where the RAR still carries that file's checksum, FileFix also checks the extracted bytes against it; a file that fails the check is left out of the ZIP and named as not recovered.
No. The engine does not decrypt archive contents or bypass passwords.