Re: Problem unzipping files on external HD

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"ggull" <ggullNOSPAMONI@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote
>
> > If you suspect a faulty data path then you should compare
> > your files at a binary level, e.g. like so from a Command
> > Prompt:
> >
> > fc /b c:\big.zip f:\big/zip
> >
> > where f: is the drive letter for your external drive.
>
> OK, done. It found a long list of what I assume are differences,
> <location> <file1 byte> <file2 byte>
> longer list than the buffer in command prompt (I scroll up and can't see
the
> orginal FC command).
> It also says that the original (good) zip is longer than the one on the
> firewire external.
>
> Here's the last few lines of its output:
>
> 21344FF9: FF 2A
> 21344FFA: FF AA
> 21344FFB: FF E5
> 21344FFC: 7B 61
> 21344FFD: FF 06
> 21344FFE: FF 82
> 21344FFF: FF B8
> FC: J:\SCRATCH\big.zip longer than F:\SCRATCH\BIG.ZIP
>
> (J is an internal drive, F the external)
>
> If it matters, J is NTFS, F is FAT32.
> But I assume we're comparing file content, not storage on disk.
>
> Any idea where to go from here?
> btw, THANKS!

Your test proves that your problem has nothing to do with
unzipping. It is caused by the files on your external disk not
being true copies of the originals. I suggest you start a new
thread in a hardware group, perhaps cross-posted into this
one, to attract the attention of experts on external Firewire
disk.


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