I did what you said below.

It made another file, but the error message was like:


------------------------------------------------------------------
Cannot open the file c:\temp\logfilename.log you specified.

Make sure the disk is in the drive you specified.
------------------------------------------------------------------

The new file, hope.txt has 0 bytes.

When I click on the file in question, it takes many seconds for it to be
highlighted. And a really long time to see the properties.

I also tried to zip the file up using Winzip.... The error message says,

"Error: Input file read error (was zipping c:temp\logfile.txt)"

I was earlier having errors on trying to update a zip file. It gave me some
error message saying there was no space on the hard drive. Which wasn't
true. I ended up re-installing winzip and rebooting. Seemed to have
worked.

I tried copying it to another drive letter and I got the error message:

------------------------------------------------------------------
Error copying file or folder
Cannot copy logfile.txt: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
------------------------------------------------------------------


Nevertheless, I can, rename the file and move it within the same drive
letter partition.

This really annoying as this day, today, was a the most busiest day ever in
a long time and a 7.5 MB IIS log file would be very interesting to analyze.







"Matthew Kitchin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Try
> type C:\....\logfilename.log >c:\temp\logfile.txt
> and see if logfile.txt shows anything legible.
>
> -Matthew
>
> "anon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a 7.5 MB IIS 5.0 log file...at least that's what windows says the
> > file is.
> >
> > When I open it or try to download it, I get zippo, an empty notepad
> window,
> > or an empty file when trying to FTP and download it.
> >
> > I need this log file as it's one of the busiest days ever and now it's
> > corrupt.
> >
> > It seems like the next day's IIS logfile is good..so that's good
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

"anon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I did what you said below.
>
> It made another file, but the error message was like:
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cannot open the file c:\temp\logfilename.log you specified.
>
> Make sure the disk is in the drive you specified.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The new file, hope.txt has 0 bytes.
>
> When I click on the file in question, it takes many seconds for it to be
> highlighted. And a really long time to see the properties.
>
> I also tried to zip the file up using Winzip.... The error message says,
>
> "Error: Input file read error (was zipping c:temp\logfile.txt)"
>
> I was earlier having errors on trying to update a zip file. It gave me
some
> error message saying there was no space on the hard drive. Which wasn't
> true. I ended up re-installing winzip and rebooting. Seemed to have
> worked.
>
> I tried copying it to another drive letter and I got the error message:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Error copying file or folder
> Cannot copy logfile.txt: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Nevertheless, I can, rename the file and move it within the same drive
> letter partition.
>
> This really annoying as this day, today, was a the most busiest day ever
in
> a long time and a 7.5 MB IIS log file would be very interesting to
analyze.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Matthew Kitchin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Try
> > type C:\....\logfilename.log >c:\temp\logfile.txt
> > and see if logfile.txt shows anything legible.
> >
> > -Matthew
> >
> > "anon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a 7.5 MB IIS 5.0 log file...at least that's what windows says
the
> > > file is.
> > >
> > > When I open it or try to download it, I get zippo, an empty notepad
> > window,
> > > or an empty file when trying to FTP and download it.
> > >
> > > I need this log file as it's one of the busiest days ever and now it's
> > > corrupt.
> > >
> > > It seems like the next day's IIS logfile is good..so that's good
> > >
> > > thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Having a "cyclic redundancy check" is bad news:
It is usually caused by one or several unreadable clusters
on the disk. The disk may be on the way out. I recommend
that you immediately download and run the free disk
diagnostic program that the manufacturer of your hard disk
makes available on his home site.