Checking File Integrity?

[swinnie]

HI

Is there a way to scan files for "missing pieces"?

As when trying to burn files from my dads computer Nero, Sonic and XP CD Burner all complain of corrupted files or something.

Thanks.

 

[Burnsy2023]

chkdsk?

Burnsy

 

[swinnie]

chkdsk?

Burnsy

On single files?

 

[oddjob62]

what kind of file is it? Might have some "repair" option depending on what the file is.

 

[thegoonden]

try mounting the ISO, see if it can be accessed OK that way.

 

[swinnie]

They are MP3 files.

Just trying to burn Compilation CDs.

 

[thegoonden]

Ahhh right.
What mp3 codecs are installed on the system, that's all I can think of....OR.....that there may be some extraneous, non-standard data, within the files.

I would suggest you try decoding them to .wav first, this will firstly tell you that the tunes therein are OK, and also the change of format will in itself remove any unwanted baggage in the files. No idea what the best tool for that is in windows these days, all I've got is daft high end audio apps like wavelab, and for anything like this I'd use Linux. But 2 secs on google looking for "free mp3 to wav" (and paying close attention to what you download and who from), should sort you out.

 

[eXor]

HI

Is there a way to scan files for "missing pieces"?

As when trying to burn files from my dads computer Nero, Sonic and XP CD Burner all complain of corrupted files or something.

Thanks.

Tried ImgBurn?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum

write.bat

md5sum * > MD5SUM.txt
pause

read.bat

md5sum -c MD5SUM.txt
pause

write.bat calculates MD5 hashes for all files in the current directory and stores them in MD5SUM.txt

read.bat compares the MD5 hashes in the text file with the files in the current directory. If even one bit is off, it tells you.

So you can do a "before" and "after" with your MP3s.