Zip-Folder extraction Fail | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

turbid meteor · 2026-05-08T22:27:45.371Z

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turbid meteor May 8, 2026, 10:27 PM

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im using Linux Mint Cinnamon

slim mason May 8, 2026, 10:51 PM

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right click the zip file in the file manager. select "properties"

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let it compute the total size occupied

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you may right click it again> open with Archive Manager, or whatever similar thing your distro provides

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from archive manager, you can drag and drop folders out of it to a destination folder in an open file manager

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do it in parts

turbid meteor May 8, 2026, 11:20 PM

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slim mason right click the zip file in the file manager. select "properties"

i tried it but the same two error messages appear in the archive manager. there isnt anything else visible

slim mason May 8, 2026, 11:22 PM

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show result of lsblk -o name,model,size,fstype,fsused,mountpoint

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@turbid meteor

turbid meteor May 8, 2026, 11:27 PM

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wait please

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NAME        MODEL                    SIZE FSTYPE FSUSED MOUNTPOINT
sda         ST500DM002-1BD142      465,8G               
├─sda1                               512M vfat          
└─sda2                             465,3G ext4          
sdb         SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series 238,5G               
├─sdb3                             237,7G ntfs          
└─sdb4                               581M ntfs          
sdc         TOSHIBA DT01ACA100     931,5G               
├─sdc1                             906,5G ntfs   140,5G /media/nxls/Data
└─sdc2                                25G ntfs          
sdd         WDC WD20EFRX-68AX9N0     1,8T               
└─sdd1                               1,8T ntfs   221,2G /media/nxls/Games
sde         Multiple Reader            0B               
sdf         Alu Line                14,7G               
└─sdf1                              14,7G exfat    6,6G /media/nxls/FLASH
nvme0n1     FORESEE 256GB SSD      238,5G               
├─nvme0n1p1                          512M vfat     6,1M /boot/efi
└─nvme0n1p2                          238G ext4    37,9G /

slim mason May 8, 2026, 11:32 PM

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it's on sdf1 the file?

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@turbid meteor

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turbid meteor May 8, 2026, 11:36 PM

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yes

slim mason May 8, 2026, 11:36 PM

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are you trying to extract it right from the flash drive?

turbid meteor May 8, 2026, 11:38 PM

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no. i copied the file to my desktop. theres not enough space on my usb

slim mason May 8, 2026, 11:42 PM

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ok well on the desktop (or home folder of user) it should extract pretty quickly

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u can try verifying the file's checksum on both places

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and see if the results match

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mint has a verify option in right-click menu

turbid meteor May 8, 2026, 11:52 PM

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there seems to be no verify option in the right click menu

turbid meteor May 8, 2026, 11:52 PM

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turbid meteor there seems to be no verify option in the right click menu

slim mason May 9, 2026, 12:01 AM

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right click beside it in file manager

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then 'open terminal here'

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sha256sum Win press tab, then press enter and wait

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do same for both locations and compare

turbid meteor May 9, 2026, 12:05 AM

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both show the same: 59b8493e605cf0c984e64f98c328cc782aecda0c1ab0c339a77e231a6cdfc243 Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip

slim mason May 9, 2026, 12:08 AM

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well, that's good

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try opening it from home location

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can also try with the Ark program, a different archive utility. available as a system package in software manager

turbid meteor May 9, 2026, 12:10 AM

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slim mason try opening it from home location

still nothing except the 2 errors

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ark shows me this error:

Loading the archive ‘/home/nxls/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip’ failed with the following error:
Failed to open archive: Not a zip archive

wich is weird bc i made it a ip in windows and it says .zip

slim mason May 9, 2026, 12:13 AM

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maybe u used winrar?

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if so, ensure the unrar package is installed in linux

turbid meteor May 9, 2026, 12:16 AM

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slim mason maybe u used winrar?

nope just standard with windows, by clicking send to -> compressed(zipped) folder

slim mason May 9, 2026, 12:17 AM

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well, idk what's wrong. see if u can unzip it on a Windows computer

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or use Hirens Boot CD PE on this one

turbid meteor May 9, 2026, 12:20 AM

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i will try that tomorrow. its 2.19 am for me😅
good night?

slim mason May 9, 2026, 12:22 AM

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ok

turbid meteor May 9, 2026, 5:14 PM

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slim mason ok

Hello,
So i tried it on a win 10 and it showed a window with the headline: ZIP Compressed folder
And a text that says: Insert the last data carrier And click OK.

slim mason May 9, 2026, 5:21 PM

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idk what that is

turbid meteor May 9, 2026, 6:34 PM

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Could also be my poor translation. Im german
I try it with hirens boot cd when im home and see if it shows something else

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But it probably means the zip is corrupted

slim mason May 9, 2026, 6:42 PM

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if this was a multi-zip archive, you need all the zip files in same folder

turbid meteor May 9, 2026, 6:56 PM

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It was only 1 zip folder

final spindle May 9, 2026, 8:33 PM

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Could nxls try using some of the command line tools to unzip the zip? Perhaps 7z?

turbid meteor May 9, 2026, 9:07 PM

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final spindle Could nxls try using some of the command line tools to unzip the zip? Perhaps 7z...

if you show me how, i can try

turbid meteor May 9, 2026, 11:32 PM

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i tried to use unzip -t "Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip(the zip im trying to extract)" but it showed this

Archive:  /media/nxls/FLASH/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip
  End-of-central-directory signature not found.  Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive.  In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
note:  /media/nxls/FLASH/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip may be a plain executable, not an archive
unzip:  cannot find zipfile directory in one of /media/nxls/FLASH/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip or
        /media/nxls/FLASH/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip.zip, and cannot find /media/nxls/FLASH/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip.ZIP, period.

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after using zip -F Windows-Backup6.5.26.zip --out Windows-Backup6.5.26(1).zip

Fix archive (-F) - assume mostly intact archive
    zip warning: bad archive - missing end signature
    zip warning: (If downloaded, was binary mode used?  If not, the
    zip warning:  archive may be scrambled and not recoverable)
    zip warning: Can't use -F to fix (try -FF)

zip error: Zip file structure invalid (/media/nxls/FLASH/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip)

turbid meteor May 9, 2026, 11:52 PM

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after trying zip -FF /home/nxls/Desktop/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip --out Windows-Backup6.5.26(1).zip it showed

zip warning: rewinding and scanning for later entries

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i tried "unzip -qq /home/nxls/Desktop/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip -d home/nxls/Desktop/" but im not shure if i used it right.

[/home/nxls/Desktop/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip]
  End-of-central-directory signature not found.  Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive.  In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
note:  /home/nxls/Desktop/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip may be a plain executable, not an archive
unzip:  cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/nxls/Desktop/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip or
        /home/nxls/Desktop/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip.zip, and cannot find /home/nxls/Desktop/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip.ZIP, period.

slim mason May 10, 2026, 12:17 AM

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Do you have the original files somewhere else, non-compressed?

turbid meteor May 10, 2026, 12:32 AM

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sadly not. deleted my windows from my pc and with it the uncompressed files

turbid meteor May 10, 2026, 12:40 AM

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turbid meteor after trying zip -FF /home/nxls/Desktop/Windows-Backup_6.5.26.zip --out Windows-...

when using this, it showed my files tho.

slim mason May 10, 2026, 12:51 AM

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oh?

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so check for one file now with the (1) part in the name

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hopefully that one will open in Ark or whatever.

turbid meteor May 10, 2026, 12:55 AM

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still doesnt work. it shows the same error as the original zip when opening it with ark.

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