Files Corruption

[iceangel89]

will copying files here and there cause corruption? how can i ensure it doesn't?

[Jeremy]

No. Only if your HDD is dying.

[newsposter]

or your disk controller, bad drivers, cheap memory without error correction (or worse) 'error correction' that is actually error ignoring.

There are also some recently fixed XP/Vista bugs that were in the disk drivers and NTFS fliesystem.

Why do you ask? You question could easily be reworded as "if I do typical/normal tasks with my system will that corrupt data?"

Answer: Not unless there is something seriously wrong with the system.

Edited August 21, 2007 by newsposter

[firefoxthebomb]

may also matter where you are coping the files to. For example if you were coping they to floppies. Then it depends how old the disks are. After a while the floppies get worn out and they will end up getting corrupted. The same probably applies to CD/RW disks.

[gosh]

you can always run sfc /scannow, but that only replaces files missing, i believe, i dont believe it checks all files for corruption.

-gosh

[iceangel89]

thanks

i just don't want to corrupt my data as i am transferring large amounts of data from 1 HDD to another for backup.