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How do you fix downloaded files when they're corrupted?

So I found this neat program and downloaded it. It came in 10 pieces and I used HJoin to put it together. However, when I try to extract it, it gives an errors such as "Data error in 'PROGRAMNAME/data10_2.dat'. File is broken." There are quite a few files like this, all of them as broken files.

My question: How can I fix them? I've been redownloading them a bit but it seems to just add problems. I'm also not too sure about which broken files belong to which download.

Update:

They are corrupted RAR files. I've heard Chi's response from practically every forum I've checked out but I still can't tell which of the ten files I need to redownload. It takes about fifteen minutes to download one and then fifteen minutes to wait (guess which site I'm using).

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    After the installation, please go to Start-Programs-Recovery Toolbox for RAR to begin. We are sure, that you will be impressed by friendly graphic interface of this tool, like thousands of users worldwide. In the very beginning, users are asked to choose a file of rar format, that will be processed by its powerful data recovery engine. Click on Folder Icon and open the Explorer, during this step, users are prompted to select a file of rar format, that will be analyzed by Recovery Toolbox for RAR. Since it is not possible to identify some kind of default location for rar files, users are asked to select the needed files manually. After this, you may click Next to start the process of rar unpacking and fix win rar corrupted files. How to fix corrupt rar files and how to fix .rar files? Fixing rar files becomes much easier with Recovery Toolbox for RAR.

    When it will be done, you may look through the results of Recovery Toolbox for RAR execution. In this mode, users are able to preview the files, that were parsed by this program. This step is also available for demo version users, they can preview these files and make sure, that the most needed ones will be retrieved by Recovery Toolbox for RAR. This program for fixing rar files will not always be able to extract all files of rar format, your archive may be seriously corrupted, when fixing corrupted rar files tutorial.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    First you need to download the latest version of "ccleaner" from http://filehippo.com",/ then Google Heidi.Ie and download Eraser 5.8, both of these utilities will reside in your Recycle Bin and should be set to make 35 passes on each sector of your hard drive(s).

    Erase those corrupted files from your System, then try re-downloading them and open them using Winrar Archiver or Winzip...

    Source(s): Personal experience
  • 1 decade ago

    there is not any good known fix. the best thing you can do is try re downloading or download from a different website

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