WinRar Packed data CRC failed solution

Written by Helmut on Jun 20th, 2008

Here’s the solution to WinRar error “Packed data CRC failed“, to make your downloaded movie play, follow these steps:

1. Click on file ending with “..part1.rar” with right mouse button, and choose “Extract file…”

2. The window will open, where you must tick the “Keep broken files”:

winrar settings

3. Click “OK” and let the WinRar extract, durin extraction ingore the error messages, but don’t close them or WinRar after extracting is finished:
winrar error messages

4. Leave error messages and WinRar open while watching the movie!

5. Go and donate me for some beer, as i saved your ass from not watching another nice download ;)

This way i was able to watch DVD copy extracted from broken rar files. If i closed the winrar or error message before watching, the movie didn’t play. And i use VLC player for watching movies, the Windows Media Player had problems with this avi file.

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