Re: AOL, goofy hard drive and Win2000

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:21:29 -0400

CRC - Cyclical Redundancy Checks.

Basically it is a type of algorithm to make sure the data on a disk or other media (or other
types) is in tact and not bastardized.
http://www2.rad.com/networks/1994/err_con/crc.htm

If it is business related "stuff" your friend *must* create backups of the important data.
You know the old saying -- An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Dave

"StrangePaws" <Strange@CatNip.Net> wrote in message
news:eOmWwkbnEHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
| Thanks, I will try this and see what happens.
|
| Wish I knew more about CRC errors. Seems when you get one the file is
| totally locked up. This poor person I'm talking about has 15meg worth of
| emails in that file and she can't get to them now. This is all business
| related stuff so she's upset!
|
| "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
| news:OKki9IbnEHA.584@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| > Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostic
| > software
| > respective to your friend's hard disk. After the test, you will know if
| > the hard disk is
| > bad or not..
| >
| > Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax
| > http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm
| >
| > Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
| > http://support.wdc.com/download/
| >
| > Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
| > http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
| >
| > Seagate - SeaTools
| > http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/
| >
| > Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool
| > http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/
| >
| > Samsung - Disk manager
| > http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > "StrangePaws" <Strange@CatNip.Net> wrote in message
| > news:us$kpBbnEHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| > | I have a friend with AOL. Thank God its not me! She has a bunch of
| > bisiness
| > | mail in a folder called Organize. When I try to open it I get Data Error
| > CRC
| > | error.
| > |
| > | Wondering if there is away to correct this?
| > | I think she maybe having problems with her hard drive. Every so often
| > the
| > | screen will go black and the machine seems to reset. In order to "find
| > the
| > | hard drive you have to turn the computer off completely then do a
| > restart!
| > | Has anyone seen this before?
| > |
| > | Thanks!
| > |
| > |
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