Cyclical Error

Nefarious · 12 Mar 2007 at 00:09

Accidentally moved instead of copied some files to my CD drive and during this it locked up and came up with cyclical error.

The original files are now gone but are still showing on the D: drive (when I try and copy them it comes up with the same error).

My thoughts are that the drive had faults running over those particular files and that my only hopes of retreiving them are to sector scan the disk for file fragments.

Any other suggestions?

Cosimo · 12 Mar 2007 at 09:17

This usually means that you have a dirty disc, corrupt media or some new form of encryption. I would suggest that you clean the disc and try again.

Nefarious · 12 Mar 2007 at 13:15

While I agree with your idea of it being a disk error I think it is the wrong disk that you are thinking about.

With windows CD writing the files are stored on the hard drive before being written to the CD. Burning had not started at this point so the CD is irrelevant at this point. I'm fairly certain it's due to a failure of the hard drive.

Cosimo · 12 Mar 2007 at 13:42

If you were trying to move corrupted files it would explain the drive D cyclic errors. I suppose that the next thing to do is to run a disk health check, sector scan and see what they come up with. You may be able correct these files as the move most probably did not take place and the files are still on the drive. Keep us posted on your findings.