cyclic redundancy

batchmister1batchmister1
edited April 2008 in Hardware
I tried copying some files from CD to hard drive and received a cyclic redundancy error message

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    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.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    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?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    Generally permanent, but worth a shot.
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    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.
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