cyclic redundancy

[batchmister1]

I tried copying some files from CD to hard drive and received a cyclic redundancy error message

[Thrax]

It means that the CD is corrupt, or the section of hard drive you're copying to is corrupt. You get a CRC (Cyclical Redundancy check) error when the data is unreadable. Try copying another CD to the hard drive; if the error persists, your hard drive needs to be replaced ASAP. If it doesn't, your CD is bad.

[Leonardo]

Thrax, if he rules out CDs as causing the error, would it be worth a shot to try a fix with Checkdisk, or does the cyclic redundancy error message indicate a permanent hardware problem?

[Thrax]

Generally permanent, but worth a shot.

[airbornflght]

I've also run into the problem in the midst of burning a cd, and the fault was with the burner. The drive had gone bad.