Windows 10: The archive is either in an unknown format or damaged

If you downloaded a zipped or a RAR file and when you try to open it, you encounter the error message ‘The archive is either […]

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How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

¿You already tried this one?...

Run CMD


1. diskpart
2. list disk

Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

2. select disk #
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

good luck!

 

Unable to open WinRAR archive Zip file on Windows 10 computer

Old title: To open WinRAR archive Zip file

I downloaded a file "miui_HM3SGlobal_V7.5.9.0.MALMIDE_a6387ab0b4_6.0.zip"


which was of the size 1.3 GB on my desktop. When I tried to open this file I am getting a popup
saying that Windows can not open this file. The archive is either in unknown format or damaged. In downloading I had to spent my 1.3 GB data on network and time about 2 hrs.


Please suggest me why it is so and how I can extract this file. In fact it is a user manual of one Xiaomi phone Redmi 3S and I downloaded the same from MI website.

 

Windows 10 showing "damaged or corupted" large file archives

I'm having a issue regarding large files archive .rar, all of them say "damaged or corupted" when i try to extract, the archives are ok, i tested them on another PC. The storage device is new, it's a M.2 SSD, no issues regarding copy/read files.

Anyone have any suggestions?

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