Error Unexpected end of archive – Tips
October 27, 2007 Poster: Jim Views: Category: Other, Pc Tips
There are some reasons for getting Unexpected end of archive error. You can get this error messages for download that starts but after downloading few Mb (megabytes) or Kb (kilobytes) it stops and shows a completed download. Another reason for this error messages is corrupted archive. Downloading the archive again should fix that error. Here is a trick that might help you to recover some files from corrupted archive…
Note: I checked this on corrupted archive with multiple files. It might not work with archive containing single file .It tries to repair a corrupted archive that’s all..
Step 1:
Open WinRAR and browse to the folder with your .rar/.zip file.
Step 2:
Highlight the file and click the Repair button from the tool bar.
Step 3:
In the pop-up window, select “Treat the corrupt archive as RAR/ZIP” depending on which type of archive you are trying to repair.
Step 4:
You may get a “Suspicious Entry” pop-up. If so, select All. This may happen several times while repairing.
Step 5:
After WinRAR has completed repairing the archive, click on Close.
Step 6:
To extract your file, highlight your new rebuilt archive.
Step 7:
Next select Commands>Extract without confirmation
Step 8:
The files will start extracting.
Step 9:
The archived files will be extracted to the same folder as the repaired archive.
thx very much. it works.
I just download a 100MB zip file ended with this…
solved,,
ok I followed the steps but when i repair the file it only takes a second and does’nt appear to do much and when I try to Extract Without Confirmation in the diagnostics box the error is “File is Corrupt” Anyway to get past this?
I think whole archive is corrupted .. check the size of the archive…
i just downloaded an archive with 8 parts and it contains an ISO file. i checked the file size and the 7 parts have the same 500,120 Mb and the last one is 180Mb. i did your tutorial with the 1st part and i tried to extract the rebuild.ffxpart 1.rar but it still says ! D:\rebuilt.Final Fantasy X 001.rar: CRC failed in Final Fantasy X.iso. The file is corrupt
! D:\rebuilt.Final Fantasy X 001.rar: Unexpected end of archive
Rename the file to original file name and try to extract it. It doesn’t work for ISO type file.. Because it contains only part of a iso file. If works on archive with multiple files.
still not working to me , after repairing process it says the file unable to repaired
Thank you very very much … god bless u man
thanx for the post!!
i still have a prob though – after doing your tutorial the diagnostic says “no files repaired” and i also cannot select “extract without cobfirmation” -the text is just slightly grey and so i cannot use that option… =(
This trick worked for me to archive containing multiple files. You said you got “no files repaired” message.. I think your downloaded file is incomplete (corrupted archive). Try to download it again… or you can try some software like DiskInternals ZIP Repair Tool…
… still says the same and maybe i did it wrong? i opened it clicked repair and treat as RAR then ok and after it is done theres a same file like the old one on my desktop but it still says the same
thanks…solved mine..found out that there is one file corruped.
this saved my life! well, not literally, but thank you so much!
nice trick.. thank you
Thank You very very Much !