Cyclic redundancy check:who has had any experience with this

[Steeb]

My 1tb Western Digital HD is showing this error when I try to access certain folders. they appear empty but when I check properties it shows data. I know what a cyclic redundancy check error is, but how can I fix this and get my image files back?

Im still doing research on this but it looks like a lost cause, has anybody had any experience? if so, did were you able to retrieve your files?

and yes I googled this and know what it is.

[Ghost Dad]

Deja vu? Yes sir, I have this all the time.

[This Means War]

I've just rebooted and everything worked out fine whenever this happened to me.

[This Means War]

Also, I found a side street in the neighboring town next to mine called Steeb Street. Odd.

[Teufel]

Have you tried running a chkdsk? Secondly, have you checked Western Digital's website for firmware upgrades for the drive?

[Steeb]

Have you tried running a chkdsk? Secondly, have you checked Western Digital's website for firmware upgrades for the drive?

yeah I did both.

I also noticed that when I try to copy and paste the folders to my desktop, it wont paste anything. also, the HD says I need to reformat the disk, which I do not want to do.

[Teufel]

Try running a defrag using Defraggler then run the Error-Checking tool (assuming you're using Windows).

Select Drive>Right Click>Properties>Tools>Error-checking

If that doesn't work, you're probably SOL.

[Charles Schulzerie]

Have you tried running a chkdsk? Secondly, have you checked Western Digital's website for firmware upgrades for the drive?

yeah I did both.

I also noticed that when I try to copy and paste the folders to my desktop, it wont paste anything. also, the HD says I need to reformat the disk, which I do not want to do.

Chkdsk should've done it. Rape Bear had the same problem when I was fuckin' with his computer and he got all his shit back after that.

Also, how did you run the check disk?

If you haven't, try "CHKDSK /F /R C:" in command prompt then reboot

Unless the disk is not C:

Change it accordingly.

If that doesn't work you're pretty much fucked.

[Steeb]

thanks charles and teufel. ill try both of those after work. I think I did check disk wrong. I didnt specify drive letter, which I thought was weird at the time, but according to the forums I read when I googled, they didnt say to specify a letter.

yes windows 7 ultimate.

[Steeb]

I ran check disk through the properties tab and it worked. I will totally burn a disk with this shit on it now, just like people have been telling people to do for years.

[Gookstorm]

Could be your southbridge is going bad, the drive itself is spitting out nonsense, or it'd be your RAM.

[neckbeard]

run it through spinrite problem solved

then move your data

[Steeb]

Could be your southbridge is going bad, the drive itself is spitting out nonsense, or it'd be your RAM.

so it may be a problem on my motherboard?

[Gookstorm]

so it may be a problem on my motherboard?

Yep, I've seen it happen before, especially when the stupid capacitor idiocy was happening a few years ago. Southbridge chips, while pretty reliable, can go bad. I've seen memory pass memtest86 for days with no problems bluescreen systems in practice.

[Toxicarius]

Did you change the oil in the disgronificator lately? That could lead to probloms like you've described...

[Pooeyegg]

Happened with two of my old laptops, the hard drive is dead.

[Charles Schulzerie]

Also

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?l ... 04090aRCRD