RAR archice repairing utility?

[Chris Lanier]

WinRAR will do it. although it's doesnt always work. if WinRAR can't fix
it, then no software can.

 

[Trance Producer]

Can anyone recommend a free RAR archive repairing utility please.

Cheers in advance.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hello Trance!
You use WinRAR of latest version.It has "repair" command which helps to:-
a) to correct data erasure and insertion
errors in RAR archives containing the recovery record.
Earlier it was possible to fix only those errors, when
an archive size was not changed;

b) "Repair" uses fixed.arcname.rar and rebuilt.arcname.rar
names for repaired archives, where 'arcname' is the name of
original archive. Previous versions used _recover.rar
and _reconst.rar names;

c) It is possible to select several archives in WinRAR shell
and repair them at once;

d) 'R' command accepts wildcards in the archive name to repair
several archives at once.
regards/
ssg/pronetworks.org

 

[NobodyMan]

Hello Trance!
You use WinRAR of latest version.It has "repair" command which helps to:-
a) to correct data erasure and insertion
errors in RAR archives containing the recovery record.
Earlier it was possible to fix only those errors, when
an archive size was not changed;

b) "Repair" uses fixed.arcname.rar and rebuilt.arcname.rar
names for repaired archives, where 'arcname' is the name of
original archive. Previous versions used _recover.rar
and _reconst.rar names;

c) It is possible to select several archives in WinRAR shell
and repair them at once;

d) 'R' command accepts wildcards in the archive name to repair
several archives at once.
regards/
ssg/pronetworks.org

WinRAR can't repair an archive that wasn't created including a repair
index. Many people who build RAR archives don't include repair
information in their archives.

I prefer PAR files myself.