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Recovery Toolbox for RAR
Recovery Toolbox for RAR helps to fix damaged *.rar archives
How to recover RAR archive
Updated: 2026-02-20The instruction for the recovery of corrupted WinRAR archive and extract files from it on Windows PC:
- Download Recovery Toolbox for RAR from here: https://rar.recoverytoolbox.com/download/RecoveryToolboxForRARInstall.exe
- Install Recovery Toolbox for RAR on your computer
- Start Recovery Toolbox for RAR
- Selecting a damaged RAR archive
- Selecting files and folders what you want to save
- Selecting a folder where the recovered information will be saved
WinRAR Recovery software
Recovery Toolbox for RAR helps to extract files from corrupted WinRAR archives. Recovery Toolbox for RAR is designed to recover information from corrupted archives of the RAR format. You can use it to completely avoid or at least minimize losses due to compressed data.
Recovery Toolbox for RAR works in the following way:
- It scans and analyzes the corrupted archive and extracts all the information it can draw from the WinRAR archive.
- Recovery Toolbox for RAR displays a final list of files and folders on the screen.
- You can view this list and select only the objects you need to save. Please note that Recovery Toolbox for RAR may recover some files incorrectly, or it may fail to recover some files at all. It depends on how heavily the archive is corrupted.
- Recovery Toolbox for RAR saves a selected file on the hard disk.
How to recover the RAR file?
Extracted files and folders are saved to the specified location, after which they become available for use. It's also important that the source archive isn't modified in any way, because the RAR recover program only reads data from it.
Recovery Toolbox for RAR offers an array of imbedded features. For example, i supports all existing variants of the RAR compression format, including files created with archiving software versions 1.x, 3.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x with different compression rates.
Additionally, Recovery Toolbox for RAR does the following:
- It recovers information from corrupted password-protected archives in the RAR format. (The customer should type in the password manually.)
- It recovers information from corrupted files in the RAR format larger than 4GB.
- It recovers information from archives in the RAR format stored on corrupted media (floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, Zip drives, etc.).
- RAR Viewer Tool
- Displays and repairs the contents of damaged WINRAR archives
Ease of use is one of the ways Recovery Toolbox for RAR differs from other software. The interface of the RAR recovery tool is implemented as a step-by-step wizard, and each step requires just one operation. To recover information from a corrupted RAR archive, the file recovery .rar tool does its job with just a few clicks. Anyone can use Recovery Toolbox for RAR, even a person who is new to PCs.
How to extract corrupted RAR files?
Recovery Toolbox for RAR can also be used as a .rar checker or extraction software for corrupt .rar data. You can extract corrupt .rar files with just a few clicks.
Free RAR Viewer
Recovery Toolbox for RAR is very convenient to use for viewing the contents of a damaged WinRAR archive. The tool can work as a viewer for RAR files, even if you do not have WinRAR installed. The tool allows you to open and view any RAR files for an unlimited number of times.
Recovery Toolbox for RAR provides a preview of the folder structure and the list of files from the WinRAR archive. The tool opens corrupted RAR files for viewing. It is free for an unlimited number of times.
How to Open Corrupted RAR File for Free
Recovery Toolbox for RAR allows you to open a damaged WinRAR file for free. After opening, it displays a list of files and folder structure from a damaged RAR archive on the preview page.
How to Restore a WinRAR Archive
To restore a file from a damaged WinRAR archive, you can use the last archive backup or return to the previous stable copy of the *.rar file, or try to use Recovery Toolbox for RAR. With a very high probability, Recovery Toolbox for RAR can restore files from the .rar archive to its original state before they were damaged. To verify this statement, it is necessary to:
- Download, install, and run the DEMO version of Recovery Toolbox for RAR.
- Select a damaged .rar archive.
- Run the analysis of the damaged RAR file.
- Review which files and folders are available for full recovery on the preview page.
- Select a folder to save restored files.
- Save files restored from the archive to disk—available in the full version.
How to Fix WinRAR Archive
If you need to fix a damaged WinRAR archive, then the full version of Recovery Toolbox for RAR will allow you to do this in a few simple steps. Revision of RAR archives occurs by extracting and saving files from the damaged .rar archive to disk. The correction of the RAR file does not require the installed WinRAR archiver. The tool doesn’t fix or modify the existing RAR file. All fixed files are saving in separate files to disk. Correction of the RAR file doesn’t require any specialized knowledge in IT; the qualifications of a regular Windows user are sufficient.
Requirements:
- Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10/11 or Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016 and above
Screenshots:
Selecting a damaged RAR archive
Viewing information recovered from the damaged RAR archive
Selecting a folder where the recovered information will be saved
Viewing the results of saving the recovered information
Errors:
Recovery Toolbox for RAR helps fix the following errors:
- CRC failed in file name. The file is corrupt.
- Packed data CRC failed in volume name. The volume is corrupt.
- Unknown method in filename.
- Invalid or corrupt authenticity information.
- CRC error: Unable to extract RAR files and appearing a message saying mismatch in size.
- Error while inflating RAR file: Database and data store files were not successfully extracted from RAR file. Error inflating oversubscribed dynamic bit lengths tree.
- Worm infection: Unable to share RAR files over a network and shows error.
- Unable to extract downloaded files from internet, it exhibits error crc failed in filename.
- Improper compression of the files in RAR archives: To compress large sized files on system converted them into RAR in order to save space. During this process obstruction hits and the compressing process is unfinished and causes inaccessibility.
How it Works:
Download software from website.
Start Install software:
- Press on downloaded installation file in browser
- Select a downloaded installation file in Windows Explorer and press Enter or double click on it
Please confirm warning message:
Run installation wizard:
Run program:
- Double click on icon on desktop:
or
- Select from main menu: Start | Programs | Recovery Toolbox for RAR | Recovery Toolbox for RAR
Please select a damaged RAR file on first page of repair wizard in Recovery Toolbox for RAR:
Press Next button:
The program displays a folder tree and a list of files in each folder. Select the folders and/or files you want to keep from the damaged WinRAR archive.
Press Next button:
Select path to save a recovered data:
On last page shows a detailed log of recovery process:
Video:
Online help:
Recovery Toolbox for RAR (Download) is a program for recovering information from damaged RAR archives. The process of data recovery consists of the following steps:
Recovering data from corrupted RAR files
- Selecting a damaged RAR archive
- Scanning, analyzing and recovering information from the damaged RAR archive
- Viewing information recovered from the damaged RAR archive
- Selecting a folder where the recovered information will be saved
- Saving the recovered information
- Viewing the results of saving the recovered information
1. Selecting a damaged RAR archive
Recovery Toolbox for RAR can process RAR files of different formats with different compression level created with different versions of the archive. It can be regular archives (the ones with .rar extension) or self-unpacking archives (that have .exe extension). Enter the file location in the Source file name box. There are three ways to do it:
- Typing a file name in the box. You should also type the full path to the source file
- Select a file name from the list that appears when you click the button. The list contains all files that have been scanned with Recovery Toolbox for RAR
- Browse for the necessary file using Windows Explorer (click to open the Explorer)
Click Next to continue.
2. Scanning, analyzing and recovering information from the damaged RAR archive
When you proceed to this step, you'll see a message box saying Do you wish to start recovery process?. Click Yes to start the recovery process. The program will start scanning the damaged file, analyzing it and recovering information from the file. The recovery process will be displayed on a progress bar.
3. Viewing information recovered from the damaged RAR archive
After scanning the damaged archive, the program will show all data it could recover. To display this information, it uses a window that looks like a Windows Explorer window. The left pane contains a folder tree showing folders found in the archive, and the right pane displays the contents of the selected folder. The contents are shown as a table that has the following columns: Name, Size compressed, Size uncompressed, Header offset, File offset, Error hints, CRC32.
To make the work more convenient, the program marks all files in the table with exclamation marks of different color that show if recovery is possible:
- A blue exclamation (!) mark means that the file will be recovered.
- A yellow exclamation mark (!) means that the file can be recovered only partially.
- A red exclamation mark (!) shows that the file can't be recovered.
It's possible to choose certain files and folders to be recovered. To do it, you should select the checkboxes near them. There are three ways to perform the selection:
- Select all the necessary files and folders one by one
- Click Check All. All files and folders will be selected.
- Click Check Good. The program will select files and folders it can recover correctly.
You can clear the selected checkboxes manually or use the Uncheck All button. Click it to clear all checkboxes.
When viewing information recovered from a damaged RAR archive, the user can make sure the program has recovered the necessary data. It's also a test of Recovery Toolbox for RAR capability that proves that the program can recover the possible maximum amount of data.
Click Next to continue.
4. Selecting a folder where the recovered information will be saved
Specify a folder where the information recovered on the previous step will be saved. By default the program suggests a new folder with a full name consisting of the source folder path and source file name with an ending _rar_repaired. You can select another folder, though. There are three ways to do it:
- Type folder name manually. Specify the full path to the folder.
- Select a folder from the list that appears when you click the button. The list contains all folders Recovery Toolbox for RAR ever used to save information.
- Browse for the folder using a standard Windows dialog box that opens when you click the button.
In the window you will also see how much space you need to save the information and the amount of free space on the selected disk.
Click Next to continue.
5. Saving the recovered information
On this step, the process of saving information is launched. The progress of saving is shown on an indicator that displays the current state of the process. If there is already a file or folder with such name in the specified folder, the program will ask you whether the object should be replaced or skipped.
6. Viewing the results of saving the recovered information
After the recovered information is saved, Recovery Toolbox for RAR will show a report describing the result of this process.
Note:Only a registered version of Recovery Toolbox for RAR can save data recovered from a damaged RAR archive. You can register the program by purchasing the registration key on the Buy page.
Buying Recovery Toolbox for RAR:
- An email with a registration code and instructions for activating this code will be sent to the user immediately after the payment confirmation.
- An email with a registration code will be sent from several different mail servers to prevent messages from appearing in SPAM filters. Accordingly, a possible duplication of registration letters received in the user's mailbox.
- To activate the registration code, you need to run the application in Windows under a user with Administrator rights.
- The number of Personal, Business or Site licenses activated simultaneously must not exceed the number of purchased licenses.
- We sell software via registration services PayPro Global and Noventiq. That is why not Recovery Toolbox, but the corresponding company will be specified in the payment documents.
The purchased registration key is valid for all 3.x versions of Recovery Toolbox for RAR.
The benefits of buying the full version of Recovery Toolbox for RAR
They allowing you to repair corrupted WinRAR archive files (identified by the .rar extension), compared to the free version.
Enhanced Repair Capabilities:
- Deeper Corruption Repair: The free version might have limitations on how complex the corruption it can address. The full version utilizes more advanced repair algorithms, increasing the chances of salvaging the maximum data possible from your corrupted archive.
- More Complete Archive Recovery: The free version might offer limited. The full version may allow recovery of various crucial elements, including:
- File Structure: Rebuilds the folder and subfolder structure within the archive, ensuring your files are organized as intended.
- Compressed Data: Restores the compressed data within the archive, potentially recovering files in their original format (e.g., documents, images, videos).
- Corrupted Filenames: Repairs corrupted filenames within the archive, making them recognizable and accessible again.
Usability and Functionality:
- RAR Archive Preview: The full version might offer a RAR archive preview functionality. It lets you see a list of recoverable files within the archive before saving, allowing you to prioritize what needs to be recovered.
- Selective Recovery: The free version might offer limited recovery options. The full version might allow you to choose specific files or folders to recover from the archive, focusing on critical data.
Additional Considerations:
- Technical Support: The full version might come with access to technical support from the software developer. It can be invaluable if you encounter issues during the repair process or have questions about software use.
- Free Updates: Purchasing the full version might entitle you to receive free updates for a specific period. These updates can include bug fixes, compatibility improvements with newer versions of WinRAR, and potentially even enhanced repair capabilities.
While the free DEMO version of Recovery Toolbox for RAR can analyze corrupt WinRAR archives and potentially show you a list of recoverable files, its most significant limitation lies in its inability to save the recovered data. Here's how the full paid version bridges that gap:
Save Recovered Files from WinRAR Archives:
- The Crucial Step: The free DEMO allows you to analyze the corrupt archive and preview a list of files that could be recovered. However, the full version grants the ability to save these recovered files. It allows you to access and utilize the valuable data extracted from the corrupted archive.
- Preserves File Integrity: The full version might ensure the recovered files retain their original integrity, including:
- File Formats: Preserve the original file formats (e.g., documents as .docx, images as .jpg) for seamless integration into your existing workflow.
- Metadata: Potentially restores metadata associated with the files, such as creation dates, modification times, or author information.
Benefits of Saving Recovered Files:
- Data Accessibility: By saving the recovered files, you regain access to the valuable information stored within the corrupted archive.
- Further Editing and Use: Once saved, you can edit, manipulate, and utilize the recovered files within their respective applications.
- Peace of Mind: Knowing you can recover and save your data offers peace of mind, especially when dealing with critical information stored in WinRAR archives.
Additional Considerations:
Selective Recovery Still Valuable: Even with the ability to save the entire archive, the full version's potential for selective recovery (mentioned previously) remains valuable. You can save only specific files or folders from the archive, focusing on the critical data you need.
Remember:
- While the free DEMO provides valuable insight into the potential for recovery, the full version allows you to utilize the recovered data by saving the extracted files.
- You can decide if the full version's saving capabilities justify the purchase by evaluating the severity of your archive corruption and the importance of the data you need to recover.
Resources:
- RAR on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAR_(file_format)
- WinRAR on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinRAR
- Official website of WinRAR: https://www.rarlab.com/
Customer's reviews and ratings:
very good experience .sometime it works slow but ,great job.
ok
this app taking too much time improve the speed of this app
A great, rather beautiful application
NICE SOFTWARE
Scanned three non-working archives (it took a very long time) and after analysis all of them had a clean information field.
Perfect soft!
An excellent toolkit to help for recovering the data within no time and very simple to work with.
PERFECT
very slow
very slow
Recovery Toolbox is an excellent tool
In my case problem not solved. 24hrs only few MB recovered. Very slow I feel. I am not saying ie software bad.....
too slowly
Excelente recuperador de archivos.
Gracias por su talento
nice app, very useful, 2 MB per hour recovery speed its amazing
It recovered my video as much as possible. I think the main goal of this software is to recover to the fullest extent and at least allow the disc-reader to read through the whole file. This is not some magic tool and parts that are too damaged will be replaced with grey color(not fully). It took me incredibly long for 1 GB file(about 2 days) where only about 30-40 seconds were damaged(I was really impressed by the speed of going through not damaged parts-even my reader couldnt read that fast; 90% of the time has gone to recovering that seconds). Overall, I'm happy with the results as I didnt care about the damaged parts, my main goal was to download the file which I couldnt do before. It's the only software I've tried so I cant really tell how good this software has done compared to others
A wonderful program, I already lost all hope to restore the archive, but this utility saved me
best solution
I need full version of this app because after completation it says you cant save a recovered files in demo mode
Not free.
Software helped me in case corruption of huge .rar archives. I applied first time and it completely get back the information.
Tech support could be better.
Very simple. Very Effective!
I'm very happy with investing in this product even if I only use it as a one off. I was very skeptical that this product would not solve the corruption issues I was facing. Like majic the files are fixed to a very good standard. Extremely pleased with the simplicity and effectiveness. 5 Stars from me.
I downloaded this utility to try to fix a corrupt RAR file. Yes, it was a large RAR file, but this program ran and ran for about 5 days and nights steadily... I finally had a list of good files.
