the file in question might have been corrupted
It must be .rar file corruption. In that case use to tool below it works under any popular Windows OS
archive
The word 'shar' is an abbreviation of 'shell archive' and refers to an archive format used on the UNIX operating system. A shar script file will recreate the original files in the archive when executed.
RAR stands for Roshal ARchive. This is an archive file format that allows data compression. If there is an error, it allows one to recover the file.
You can't - rar is archive format, while mp3 is sound file format. You probably want to unpack rar file, you can use WinRAR or 7zip for that.
I have never heard of .bif before, apparently it is an archive format and .bmp is a bitmap image file.
To add a notepad (.txt) file to a .zip archive format, you need a certain program. I recommend using WinRAR 3.71 (rarlab.com/download.htm). Once installed, create the notepad file, and then right click on it and select "Add to Archive." You should then be able to create a .zip format archive with a notepad file inside.
That depends on the archives format. Try B1 Free Archiver - it can unzip any archive.
DAA(Direct-Access-Archive) is an advanced format for image file, which supports some advanced features, such as compression, password protection, and splitting to multiple volumes. It can be handled directly just like other formats, such as ISO, BIN PowerISO Direct-Access-Archive
WikiAnswers has done a lot of new maintenance updates to WikiAnswers, thus providing us with a whole new website with different colors, format etc., I don't believe there is an archive of the old WA either.
.rar files are not multimedia files, so you can't play them. A RAR file is an archive, just like .zip or .tar that can contain one or more compressed files. You can extract those files from the .rar archive and play them (if they are audio files). You can use a program like WinRAR or 7-Zip unpack them.
If there is no physical damage, you can reformat it easily through either your camera, or your computer via a card reader. If you go the computer route you can format it whenever it pops up as a 'mass storage device'. Was it damaged in the x-ray machine?
The Java Archive (JAR) file format enables you to bundle multiple files into a single archive file and Typically a JAR file contains the class files and auxiliary resources associated with applets and applications