But it is possible to repair RAR or ZIP archive successfully with following three methods. When archive is corrupted, maybe it is not so easy to extract it like when archive password is wrong. So now let’s see how to do with RAR/ZIP archive corrupt error. Even though you have no RAR or ZIP password, RAR Password Genius or ZIP Password Genius would help you to recover it. If it is just because of password wrong, extract archive again with right password is OK. How to repair corrupted archive RAR or ZIP file? We know that file corrupt is one of reasons that lead to archive decompression failure.