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  1. January 26th, 2009, 01:33 PM #1
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    cyclic redundancy check

     
    hi i am trying to back up a load of photos onto an external hard drive and every now and again i get a message saying "cannot move XXXfilenameXXX data error cyclic redundancy check" what does this mean,
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    It means that the connection to the external drive is spotty or the power supply is. It could also be bad RAM or a failing hard drive.

    Let me google that for you
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  3. January 27th, 2009, 11:30 AM #3
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    hi bill thanks for the reply i suspected it might have something to do with the HDD so i ran HDD regenerator and it found a few hundred bad sectors and repaired them and so far so good
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    Cool. Just be aware that bad sectors are like a cancer that spreads. They happen because the read head is bumping against the disk surface, generally. Fixing the sectors doesn't fix the problem in this case.

    I would consider replacing the drive.
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    well the laptop is for scrap anyway i just needed a temporary fix while i took all the stuff off it now thats done no need to worry any longer
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