Ok so ive been trying to update my drivers and ive tried downloading the drivers from nvidia and from evga, and each time i try to extract the 290.36 beta drivers i get a 7-zip data error. i looked it up and see that it can be a compatibility issue with other programs in the back ground. so i tried shutting down all my background programs not needed. Still no fix i get the same error. So i tried extracting with winzip and i get to 61% and get a corrupted error. ive tried downloading the files several different times and get the same problem. Id like to update my drivers to keep up on the performance and the new ambient occlusion for Skyrim. below is a screenshot of the winzip errors i got. Currently im running the 285.79 drivers and i tried extracting those without error what so ever. 
 im running 3 GTX470s in sli with a i7 950 no overclocks.
 

 
 
 

Unfortunately, I can't offer any advice on what the issue is with extracting the file, but I would say that although I understand your desire to keep your drivers up to date, as this is a Beta driver I wouldn't worry too much (if at all) about not being able to use it. 
 
In all honesty, I wouldn't even consider a Beta as an update as much as a free software test for NVIDIA done at your expense.  (IMO)

i never tried to extract any of the files straight to the desktop. i put the nvidia file into its own file and attempted to extract the file that way. but only after trying to install the drivers in the way it was intended. ive had 3 other people attempt to extract the same files on their own machines and they all three did so without any errors during the extraction process. 

it also states that in the first 3 sentences that i "each time i try to extract the 290.36 beta drivers i get a 7-zip data error. i looked it up and see that it can be a compatibility issue with other programs in the back ground. so i tried shutting down all my background programs not needed." so yes i was reporting that the normal method did not work. i am suspect that i have an issue on my rig. because every once and a while i see an error saying that my recycling bin is corrupted. so im assuming i am having some sort of issue with my build somewhere. 

You guys lost me. What zip file??? Don't you simply download the exe?

Well i went ahead and bit the bullet. I did as i said i was going to do. i did a full wipe of my raid and re installed win 7 and the first driver i downloaded outside of the normal windows files was the beta drivers and they extracted and installed fine. sadly i dont know exactly what was corrupted on my original install. all that matters now is that its fixed. 

Sorry for harping on this zip vs exe issue.....
Here a snipit from driver directory

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First I thought it was because I use the international version, so I downloaded the US Version...
All show .exe.
Are you trying to tell me that despite it saying .exe it actually is a .zip?????
 
Weird, I have no extract option when right clicking; and double clicking ends up with the standard execute=install.
 
But you say they actually is .zips!?!?!? Strange!!!

The Nvidia driver package is designed to work on stock Windows installs without any downloaded compression software whatsoever, IE no WinRar, 7zip Etc are needed.
 
The installer is a exe with its own programming to unpack its files.
 
You do NOT unpack the files, you launch the installer at -it- does it.
 

More about.....7zip command line

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I am Raees dar from Gujrat
I am using evga gtx 960 ftw 4gb gaming card
before this I am facing some errors of drivers like 7zip error and so and so
now I installed new driver
1- download driver from gefore.com any new driver
2- extract this driver from 7zip
3- open device manager, properties find your card driver and double click
4- press driver button and then update driver
5- press browse my computer for driver software button
6- find the drive where u extract driver ( newly extracted)
7- window will now find the driver and thats all.
8- Raees dar Gujrat, Translator, Designer, pc gamer, lover, 03016212007

Download any driver. The driver will be an executable file and you do NOT need to extract it for any reason. The name of the driver should be: 375.70-desktop-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe. Just run this file.

My problem: installed new GPU (switched AMD -> NVIDIA) and my pc didn't detect the new graphics card at all. Got no life on the screen.
First of all I checked cables, tried them on in every possible way, PCI's and hdmi's.. Next checked my BIOS if my PCIe was enabled (
Then I used IGPU for a minute to run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller), plus manual guide ( to delete all traces of old AMD/ATI, and Intel (my integrated gpu) drivers from my pc, shut off pc, plugged out all hdmi and DVI's, plugged one hdmi to the new GPU and oh my, it was alive.
So, next problem: now I have a picture on the screen, but my pc still doesn't detect the graphics card. My device manager shows that I have an "unknown device" and no graphics card (found out I had 16mb of usable graphics memory). I tried to install Geforce Experience from my EVGA install-CD, but it wouldn't install because "you already have NET Framework 4 or newer"... And that's why you won't install anything..? Makes all the sense..
I used Iobit's Driver Booster to update all available drivers, and now I was able to install Geforce Experience from the CD, an old version tho.. When trying to update, the software's download just wouldn't start, all numbers were stuck on 0 and pause/stop buttons didn't do a thing.
I tried to download the software update from NVIDIA's, EVGA's and Geforce's websites, but always after extracting it just says "7-zip: data error" hence the setup wouldn't succeed, saying "you need an NVIDIA gpu".
-The answer here was to search and download Game-ready drivers!-
(Do every possible thing manually, if you can. Instead of quick installs, choose custom installs.)
Installed those drivers, and rebooted. Now my problems started to fall down like dominoes. I was able to get everything up to date one by one, and finally my pc detected the new gpu. Still my device manager says there's an unknown device, altho now there's a graphics card also and everything works fine, so I won't let that be a pain in my ass.
Hope this helps!
Some of my specs;
Mobo: Asus P8-Z68V-LX
Processor: Intel i5 2400 3.1Ghz --OC-> 3.8GHz
8gb of RAM
Graphics card: EVGA GTX 960 2GB (old: Sapphire HD 6870 1GB)
Main HDD 80GB and Alt SSD 120GB umm yeah....