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The thread discusses repairing a corrupted RAR file. The original poster describes a damaged archive that cannot be extracted and seeks solutions. A reply provides step-by-step instructions for repairing the RAR using WinRAR's built-in repair feature and suggests third-party tools for more severe corruption, indicating an overall helpful and solution-oriented discussion.
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rinathamber

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’ve got a damaged RAR file. I’ve got no idea how it happened. Week ago it was OK. But now I can’t extract it. It says datacab04 is corrupted. How I can fix it?
 

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shride
Open WinRAR application
1. Click on file, and then select open
2. A find archive window will be opened, select corrupt rar file from your system
3. Click on open button
4. Press Alt+R
5. Repairing File Name.rar will be opened
6. Click on "browse" to save repaired file at desired location
7. Check Treat the corrupt archive as RAR box, and then click OK
8. After corrupt RAR archive is repaired, click on close.
Or, you can also use third-party tools like RAR Fix Toolbox or recovery toolbox for RAR. They usually can repair highly corrupted files.
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Open WinRAR application
1. Click on file, and then select open
2. A find archive window will be opened, select corrupt rar file from your system
3. Click on open button
4. Press Alt+R
5. Repairing File Name.rar will be opened
6. Click on "browse" to save repaired file at desired location
7. Check Treat the corrupt archive as RAR box, and then click OK
8. After corrupt RAR archive is repaired, click on close.
Or, you can also use third-party tools like RAR Fix Toolbox or recovery toolbox for RAR. They usually can repair highly corrupted files.
 

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