Cyclic redundancy check

[Guest]

I can not delete a folder becasue it says its not empty(but it is). I have
tried to delete from the command prompt and that does not work either. I get
a CRC error. How can I delete this folder as I do not need to try and recover
it? Thanks for the help.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I can not delete a folder becasue it says its not empty(but it is). I have
tried to delete from the command prompt and that does not work either. I get
a CRC error. How can I delete this folder as I do not need to try and recover
it? Thanks for the help.

Forget about deleting your folder. Back up all your important
files while you can, then replace your hard disk. A CRC error
means that you have a number of bad clusters on your disk.
In many cases the damage spreads until the disk becomes
unreadable.

 

[Guest]

I just bought a 500mb external drive to do backups every night. My hard drive
is fully backed up now. Its not that old and is probably under warranty
(Dell) should I contact them first about this? Could I reformat the disk?
Thanks again for the help as you have helped me oin the past.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Yes, you should get in touch with Dell.

Yes, you can reformat the disk. If it was my disk then
I would not bother - IMHO the disk is now compromised.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help. I'll call Dell tomorrow to see about replacing the disk.