Corruption is the unwanted, unintentional and accidental change of data so that it is no longer usable.
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ffmpeg/avconv getting file reports in time not offset
Using the advice from another superuser question I'm using the following to check video files for errors:
avconv -v error -i myfile -f null -
Unfortunately, this gives me an error in this format:
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ExFat partition not mounting - No main bitmap was found
Had 2tb hard drive for about a year.
Was plugged into windows pc, actively using Exfat partitions 'iTunes' and 'windows'.
The power cord for the hard drive was pulled out, reconnected in both the ...
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Fixing a corrupt partition? (RAW data)
Apologies for misusing some terminology here... I'm attempting to fix a friend's laptop (Dell Inspiron 1545) which was suffering from the error "disk error press any key to restart" on every boot, ...
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Windows 7 hangs on login to one user account only
I get the continuous spinning blue wheel in Windows 7 64-bit when I start up in just one user account and I can't access the task bar nor the Windows Start button. Other accounts don't have this ...
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Unable to open corrupted xlsx file
Below is the error while I try to open the file:
Excel cannot open the file '1.xlsx' because the file format or the file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that ...
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How to fix corrupted .mp4 audio recording file?
I have an mp4 recording file but it is corrupted - maybe there was something wrong happening durring the record session and interupted the process.
I think the first part of the record is still valid ...
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SFC errors - Failed to shred identity + others
SFC on Windows 7 Home Premium fails with the following error:
windows resource protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them
CBS.log reveals the following errors:
Failed ...
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External hard drive unplugged while running iTunes…Corrupted files
I have nearly 2TB of Movies and TV Shows copied to iTunes on an external hard drive. Last night, I was unplugging a cord behind my desk and I accidentally unplugged my HD. Well, when I plugged it back ...
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High number of ethernet errors. Tool for testing the ethernet card?
have an Asus Sabertooth X79.
I often get corrupted files. I checked the RAM, but memtest finds no errors. To avoid the possibility of disk errors, I tried copying files to tmpfs.
If I copy from the ...
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How to recover the contents of a corrupted file? [closed]
I have a JavaScript file that got corrupted after a system restart (Windows blue screen error). Whereas previously it contained some code I had written, now it's showing "null" in Notepad++ and ...
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Corrupted database disk image [duplicate]
I have a corrupted sqlite .db file which cannot be opened in java because "the disk image is corrupted". I'd like a way to repair the database and recover as much data as I can, and make it openable. ...
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Photoshop CS6 Corrupted File recovery
Last night I was working on a client application mock-up in photoshop, but was goin to take a break from my work so I saved the .PSD file on my internal HDD and put my computer into stand-by mode once ...
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Remove corrupted files
For some mysterious reason, my computer formatted my 'Data' drive while I was running Windows 7. I managed to recover a large amount of the data to another drive using Test Disk in Ubuntu. Because the ...
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Does copying/moving emails in Outlook (2003) from one PST to another corrupt the new PST file?
Someone at work in the IT department is insistent that "it's bad practice to copy/move emails from one .PST file in Outlook into another, and this generally leads to corruption of the new PST file.".
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PC won't boot from flash drive after computer hibernated (grub on hdd corrupt too)
I had 3 OS installed: Windows 7 , Fedora 17 and Mageia 2 in my Acer Aspire 4253 laptop.
I deleted the partition of Mageia and my grub got corrupted.
I didn't have an installation DVD of either Win7 ...
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How do I fix “Your profile could not be opened correctly” in Chrome on a Mac?
The full error message is "Your profile could not be opened correctly. Some features may be unavailable. Please check that the profile exists and you have permission to read and write its contents.
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File Possibly Corrupted
I have a question on another stackexchange site and it was mentioned that my file might be corrupt. Is there a way to verify this? I have access to mac/windows and the file will not open on either ...
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Large zip files content is corrupted when unziped using windows explore
We have a large zip file (25GB) containing mosty pdfs and png files. (about 150000 files)
When we unzip the file using windows explore some of the content is corrupted. Some png files shows content ...
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Forcing a verbose fsck on reboot (Ubuntu)
I'd like to force a verbose fsck on reboot of my Ubuntu linux server, I can get fsck to run on reboot by creating a file /forcefsck in my root dir ...
Additionally, by adding a y into the contents of ...
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Western Digital 1TB external hard drive could not be read
I have a problem with my external hard drive, I was copying a huge amount of data (approx 100 gigs) from it to another hard drive, suddenly an error popped up and told me that the operation could not ...
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Chrome: “Your profile could not be loaded correctly” even after deleting “User Data” in Local App Data
I'm still receiving this popup from Chrome before it starts saying that my preferences could not be loaded. I've googled for the solutions, and everyone seems to think that deleting the "User Data" ...
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Corrupted HDD wont reach bios
first time here, so I'll crack right on. I'm not really a huge hardware guy, but a friend has passed me on a laptop that wont boot up. There are two answers to this problem I guess, ideally the end ...
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Is there a tool that can scan for corrupt PDFs on my computer?
I really like that there is a tool (ImageVerifier) that can scan through my photo collection and tell me about corrupt JPG and TIFF files. However, I also have a vast collection of image-based PDFs ...
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File Corruptions when using Vim on iMac
I'm experiencing some strange file corruptions when editing PHP files in VIM/iTerm.
This is not exclusive to these but the corruptions are slightly different in Nano. Same issues appear in the ...
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Downloaded files are missing, after moving a hard drive to a new box using Startup Repair
I recently took a hard drive from a Windows 7 HP laptop and installed it into an old Dell 745 Optiplex computer that I bought for cheap at a salvage store. I know it is not recommended, but I wanted ...
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How to restore Vista from a corrupted install of Xubuntu?
On my laptop, I've decided to get Xubuntu. During the process, my laptop overheated and shutdown during the installation process. As I turn it back on, it has GRUB, not allowing me to go on Xubuntu or ...
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Hard Drive Caddy corrupting drives
Something very funny is going on with my External Hard drive Caddy. I am running Linux Mint 14.
I had a laptop breakdown just before Christmas, removed the drive and placed it into a 2.5" SATA ...
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Recycle Bin does not work or is corrupt
My Recycle Bin icon is on the Desktop but when opened it has none of the normal Recycle Bin functions (e.g. "Empty Recycle Bin") there is just "Organise".
Here is some more info:
If I delete ...
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Windows dll files corrupt after removing Ubuntu
I recently deleted my Ubuntu partition from my hard drive. I was dual booting. Upon deleting the partition I hibernated Windows to make sure that everything went well. When I started back up again it ...
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how to check file integrity between 2 versions of the same file
over the past years (since ~2000) I have been moving and copying data between disks every now and then.Data is mp3, applications, videos, backups, emails abit of everything and they have been ...
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Cannot open OneNote file
I cannot open my .one OneNote files.
I get this error when I try to open my .one file in OneNote Enterprise 2007:
This file is from a different version of OneNote. Your version cannot load this ...
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I thinked I royally screwed up my USB jump drive. How do I reverse my mistake?
I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 linux. I got the Window 7 Home Premium ISO image off the internet. I was using a 16 GB Dane-Elec Flash Drive for it as well.
I tried UNetbootin to extract the image onto the disk ...
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Repairing a corrupt exFat file system
Long story short : I messed up my GPT and went on to try to fix it without asking anyone, just searching around. Didn't turn out too well.
Right now all I'm concerned about is a 500GB that I ...
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Test my RAID 0 with a cache ssd attached using checksums?
I was hoping to use a ram drive to store a randomly generated file that is written to the raid 0 array, and then read, and checksum is verified against what's on the ram drive.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
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import formula from corrupt / large excel workbook
I am trying to import formula from a closed Excel workbook that has gotten overly large and hence wont open without crashing Excel. I have a copy of the data but want to get at the formula in one of ...
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Several devices in Device Manager have Code 3 error 'bis win7 64'
I'm having the same problems as in question "Several devices in Device Manager have Code 3 error" but with Win 7 64 bits Family Premium and would appreciate if somebody could tell me if the given ...
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Truecrypt system partion partially encryted but then drive corrupted and won't boot - decrypting so I can access files to backup?
So I was attempting to encrypt my (Windows 7) system drive with Truecrypt and it stopped at around 15% and said that there was a segment error and that it could not proceed until it was fixed. So, I ...
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Original files corrupted from cp, maybe bad hard disk
I've been having a big problem with corrupted files on my machine. I'm running Debian Wheezy (very minimal install) on an Acer Aspire One netbook.
I've been trying to download a 200 mb file. The ...
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How do I fix a corrupt calendar cache?
I was tailing /var/log/system.log and noticed a sudden wall of text. Looking closer, I saw it was an error CalendarAgent got while trying to save something:
Nov 18 11:42:45 rainbow-dash.local ...
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user folder access denied after xp corrupted is there any way to recover files and outlook files
due to a virus on my computer, my operating system (Windows XP) became corrupted. There were some bad sectors on the hard drive, so I removed it from the computer and made it a slave on another ...
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Cannot access files after trying to upgrade Ubuntu
I tried to upgrade Ubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04. I left it for 24 hours but the upgrade did not complete. Hence I cancelled the upgrade.
I thought I will copy all the files that I have to a DVD/CD and ...
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Can a hard poweroff / outage / crash corrupt VMware snapshots?
Assuming a host system is running virtual machines (in VMware Workstation) and all their data is on a reliable storage (so no data corruption due to hdd failure).
If that host crashes (kernel panic) ...
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How to extract video from corrupt rar file and make it playable
I have a big file compressed in splited rar archives. There are 68 archives, named .rar, .r01, .r02, ... And the problem is that .r36 is corrupted Unespected end of archive. I've looked around and I ...
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repair corrupted PDF
I have already looked at:
Repair corrupt PDF and
Rescuing a possibly corrupt PDF in Acrobat
I tried ghostscript on both OS X and Windows. OS X gs gave the following error:
GPL Ghostscript 9.06 ...
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Avast boot time scan showing corrupt files
I ran a boot time scan on Avast version 7.0.1474. It showed a few corrupt files. The files were:
C:\Program Files(x86)\Skype\toolbars\Skypetoolbars.msi|>fileIeaddonIconIco. ...
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Can you fix a corrupted 7z file?
So, I had a cd, with a scratch on it. The cd contained a 7z file. When I try to copy the file it gave me an error, so I used corrupted disk repair fixer and I managed to open the 7z, and view the ...
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The file is possibly corrupt. The file header checksum does not match the computed checksum
I had a laptop (Compaq C700, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB hard disk drive) installed with Windows XP. When it was in standby mode due to power interruption, it switched off and after restarting it ...
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Is it possible that an SD card has 100% bad sectors?
I have an SD card which have been used in a photo camera for some months, and it's been working perfectly fine until today. It failed when we were just browsing pictures in the camera screen (so it ...
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Several devices in Device Manager have Code 3 error
One of our users' machines (Dell Optiplex 380 running Windows 7 32-bit) is having a weird driver issue. A bunch of devices have Error Code 3:
The driver for this device might be corrupted, or your ...
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Corrupt HFS+ disk, partition image data corrupt?
I've got a 2TB disk from a friend that was an external drive attached to a Mac. The drive gave up, and reported no partitions available. I've taken an image of it with ddrescue (under linux 3.2), ...
