To check the hard disc you could try running chkdsk with the r switch from a command prompt with elevated privileges (for the commnd prompt typeĬmd at the search box and Right click on either cmd or cmd.exe from the menu that will appear and click on Run as administrator. So what I actually need help with here is to 'repair' the HDD or the file itself, whatever is more suitable. I tend to have full control over my passwords, and the jumbled password that appeared makes it obvious that the file is corrupt somehow. Since I'm now certain that the file is corrupt. Incidentally we don't offer any support for solving password issues as its against our sites Terms of Use.ĭue to the nature of online help we are not able to verify ownership, and will not be able to help bypass or recover any user passwords, cd keys, license codes, serial numbers, etc. So it may be best just to use another copy of it from one of your backups and see if your password works on it. Leads me to believe that the file has gotten corrupt somehow (it is on a fairly old HDD). A few years ago I created a very important password protected RAR-file. It looks like its an important file you are having trouble with. The somewhat 'jumbled' password leads me to believe that the file has gotten corrupt somehow (it is on a fairly old HDD). I have tried WinRars own Repair tool, but that gives me the message: Now here is another odd thing: The password that was 'found' was a password that included some of my own recognizable 'words', but in a combo I can swear I would never ever have used! Also there seems to be a few extra letters in the password as well.Īnyway, now, when I use this 'found password' for the rar-file, WinRar now gives me a different error message saying: I spent hours trying every conceivable password-combo I can think of, but always the above message remained.Įventually I found a software that could brute force the password, based on my own dictionary of 'word'-combos i could possibly have used for the password. ' Checksum error in the encrypted file.Corrupt file or wrong password. I was(am) pretty sure I remembered the password, but when I tried to extract it I got an error message saying: The RAR-file is fairly large, about 2.2 GB.

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