Maxtor external Hard drive/ Backing up my Harddrive

[Guest]

I am trying to back up my harddrive and I get this error message.
Duplicate using DirectDupe at 2/24/2005 10:58 AM
To volume Backup of Local Disk (C) on Local Disk (G...
-2/24/2005 10:58:18 AM: Copying Local Disk (C
Scanning incomplete, error -1127 (data error detected in file using cyclic
redundancy check)
2/24/2005 11:00:03 AM: Execution incomplete

Any help would be appreciated. I am send my computer in for service and I
neeed to get this backed up.

Steve

 

[Yves Leclerc]

It seems that your internal hard drive (C is having problems with it. You
may have to do a selective copy of you files that you want to keep instead
of allowing a complete disk copy from occuring.

 

[Guest]

I have tried file selection also and get the same error message.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Then, one of your files is on a bad part of the hard drive and causes the
CRC to fail.

 

[Guest]

Is there any way to fix this or get by it so I can get my hard drive backed up?

Thank You,
Steve

 

[Yves Leclerc]

chkdks /f usually fixed disk problem in XP. However, you may loose files
if chkdsk find too many problems.

 

[Guest]

Do I type chkdks /f in to the dos prompt? Do I need to do any thing else
after that?

Steve

 

[Alan Wilcox]

Ruby
Go to dos prompt. I'm on Win2k at the moment, but here's what it does ...
Alan

c:\Console>chkdsk /?
Checks a disk and displays a status report.


CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]


volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
filename FAT only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation.
/F Fixes errors on the disk.
/V On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file
on the disk.
On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
/R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information
(implies /F).
/L:size NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified number
of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current
size.
/X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid
(implies /F).
/I NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
/C NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder
structure.

The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by
skipping certain checks of the volume.

 

[Guest]

I want to thank both of you for your help. That worked there were a ton of
errors and now I was able to back up my hard drive.

Steve

Ruby
Go to dos prompt. I'm on Win2k at the moment, but here's what it does ...
Alan

c:\Console>chkdsk /?
Checks a disk and displays a status report.


CHKDSK [volume[[path]filename]]] [/F] [/V] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]]


volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
filename FAT only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation.
/F Fixes errors on the disk.
/V On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file
on the disk.
On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any.
/R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information
(implies /F).
/L:size NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified number
of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current
size.
/X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid
(implies /F).
/I NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries.
/C NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder
structure.

The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by
skipping certain checks of the volume.

Do I type chkdks /f in to the dos prompt? Do I need to do any thing else
after that?

Steve

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