There is no way to repair a corrupted zip to my knowledge if the header is damaged. It's like having an encrypted file without the decryption string. It would take a lot of computation cycles to break the encryption. You should just download this file again or request they send you a copy. Paul Schmidt ----Original Message Follows---- From: Marvin Hunkin <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Marvin Hunkin <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Winzip Corrupted File Repair Inquiry Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 11:41:53 +1000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C43C03.F36DBC00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi. i downloaded a file call cexample.exe from www.quepublishers.com the source code for the c by example book by greg perry. when i saved it, and opened it,=20 here is the error message i got: --------------------------- WinZip Self-Extractor --------------------------- WinZip Self-Extractor header corrupt. Possible cause: bad disk or file = transfer error --------------------------- OK =20 --------------------------- got any answer to how i can fix this corrupted file? any repair tools to fix corrupted zip files? please let me know. Marvin. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C43C03.F36DBC00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i downloaded a file call = cexample.exe from <A=20 href=3D"http://www.quepublishers.com">www.quepublishers.com</A></FONT></D= IV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the source code for the c by example = book by greg=20 perry.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>when i saved it, and opened it, = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>here is the error message i = got:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>---------------------------<BR>WinZip=20 Self-Extractor<BR>---------------------------<BR>WinZip Self-Extractor = header=20 corrupt. Possible cause: bad disk or file transfer=20 error<BR>---------------------------<BR>OK =20 <BR>---------------------------<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>got any answer to how i can fix this = corrupted=20 file?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>any repair tools to fix corrupted zip=20 files?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>please let me know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Marvin.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C43C03.F36DBC00-- VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html