How to Repair Broken ZIP File?

Want to repair broken ZIP archives?

Nowadays it’s quite common to archive the files in order to send it via internet or as a backup purpose, but the risk of files getting corrupt are more? ZIP files sometimes gets broken if there are any interruptions while downloading the file or any interruption occurring during transfer of large files. At these times, ZIP files will be broken and you lose access to the inner content of the file. What if that ZIP file contains crucial data like Word files, spreadsheets, photos? It will be a disappointing situation to anybody; even if you try to extract it using any ZIP fix tool, you will not succeed doing it. If you want to repair it anyhow, then you have to use some ZIP Repair Tool in order to repair the broken ZIP file.

This software checks data integrity and repairs incorrect CRC values to provide healthy ZIP archive. With this advanced repair tool, you will not only be able to effectively repair broken ZIP file but you can also fix various issues regarding header corruption, CRC error, and SFX errors. This software is capable enough to easily extract files from corrupt Zip files.


If you come across these above scenarios of broken ZIP files then, using ZIP Repair Tool is only the way out of it. Using this tool, you can fix damaged ZIP files due to CRC error, header corruption etc. ZIP files showing various errors as if the archive is corrupt or damaged, unknown compression method, cannot open file and many other can be easily resolved. If any of your ZIP file created by WinZip tool is corrupted, you can fix its corruption issue by using this appropriate mechanism. This software is non-destructive and read-only application hence your source data is not altered.

The powerful repair algorithm of this tool enables you to fix ZIP / ZIPX compressed files. This Windows ZIP repair software can be easily installed on any of latest versions of MS Windows computer such as Windows XP, Win 7 or Vista. Large sized ZIP files having memory more than 4 GB can also be restored using this tool.

Steps to repair broken ZIP file:

Step 1: Download and install ZIP Repair Tool and on launching it browse the broken ZIP file and click "Repair" as shown in figure 1.

Repair Broken ZIP File - Main Window

Figure 1: Main Window

Step 2: The tool will scan the broken ZIP file and preview of recovered files and folders will shown as shown in figure 2.

Repair Broken ZIP File - Folder View

Figure 2: Folder View

Step 3: Click "Select Folder" in order to select a particular destination where you want to save the file and click "Save".

Repair Broken ZIP File - Select Destination

Figure 3: Select Destination