re: Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Monday, July 9, 2007 at 8:38 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(19441 messages posted)
There is no fix. You must have some significant hardware (probably disk controller)
problem. A file that is not even opened should not become corrupted. Are you using
some kind of disk compression? At least you were smart enough to have your data backed
up.
On Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 10:02 am, Wazmo wrote:
>I have a question about Prevent
>file corruption problems:
>
>
I just experienced a hard crash that I couldn't reboot from and required that
>I reload XP onto my C: drive.
>
> XP is now running, but about 25% of the music on an independent D: drive is now
>corrupted. When I listen to a 2:30 song, it plays 2:30 of random parts of two or
>more songs from elsewhere on the D: drive.
>
> This happens in iTunes, WinMediaPlayer, and MusicMatch, so it's the underlying
>file not the application that's causing the problem.
>
> Is there a fix for this? or is my music collection hosed?
>
> Fortunately, everything is backed up, but I'll lose some application-specific
>data (e.g. iTunes song ratings) if I restore from back-up.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Waz
>
>
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