what the hell is a cyclic redundancy check

[snailophone]

i am dumping a few files ont my computer from CDr and I get a this "cyclic redundancy check" error on one file? what is it?

 

[Eli]

CRC error.

 

[snailophone]

AWESOME!!! now what's that?

 

[notfred]

If Eli actually knew, he would have told you

 

[mjquilly]

it's not able to read the file correctly from the cd. you're screwed

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: notfred
If Eli actually knew, he would have told you

wtf?

I know what it is, I didn't explain it in depth because I thought maybe he just didn't know what CRC stood for or something.

Get the fscking stick out of your ass.

 

[LordRaiden]

Actually, if you're getting CRC errors, then just throw clone cd at it and it'll make a perfect copy of the CD, no errors.

Works great for my self burned data cd's that get scratched or damaged. I just use clone cd to pull a clean copy then burn it.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: notfred
If Eli actually knew, he would have told you

wtf?

I know what it is, I didn't explain it in depth because I thought maybe he just didn't know what CRC stood for or something.

Get the fscking stick out of your ass.

Yeah, he didn't know what CRC stood for, that's why the title of the thread says "cyclic redundancy check". I'm sure telling him the common acronym for that helped his understanding greatly

 

[snailophone]

obviously i know what Cyclic Redundancy Check stands for or else I wouldnt have asked. Thanks notfred and lordraiden

 

[Legendary]

A lot of people don't know what CRC stands for but know what CRC errors are (from unzipping/unraring and the like).

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: snailophone
i am dumping a few files ont my computer from CDr and I get a this "cyclic redundancy check" error on one file? what is it?

means ur media is screwed

 

[snailophone]

hey lordraiden...where do you get this clone cd? is it freeware? (please, I'm broke) thanks

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Legendary
A lot of people don't know what CRC stands for but know what CRC errors are (from unzipping/unraring and the like).

This was my reasoning.

You don't have to play an asshole on the internet, It doesen't make you seem badass.

C'mon.

 

[BAMAVOO]

PC LOAD LETTER WTF .............

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Legendary
A lot of people don't know what CRC stands for but know what CRC errors are (from unzipping/unraring and the like).

This was my reasoning.

You don't have to play an asshole on the internet, It doesen't make you seem badass.

C'mon.

It's in his nature. He's always got a stick in his butt.

 

[Ameesh]

it means that when the program was checking the integrity of the file it used the CRC algoritm and it failed the check. The file has been corrupted either through download or some other means.

 

[rutchtkim]

.

 

[Marauder-]

Yeah - exactly what Ameesh said - usually with zip or rar spanning, you may come across those - but nowadays there are secondary programs out to check the downloaded files vs the original ones so that you dont have to waste your time figuring out what's messed up.

 

[AnyMal]

Try to clean your CD's first, a light scratch or a greasy smudge or fingerprint can cause that. Use mild soap plus warm water, wipe dry with lint-free cloth in circular motion from inside out. Helped me before.

 

[Shockwave]

It means your Cisco router is, as they seem to be with non IP traffic, a peice of shizzit.

Ok ok, I was venting there. Work is sucking tonight.

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: notfred
If Eli actually knew, he would have told you

wtf?

I know what it is, I didn't explain it in depth because I thought maybe he just didn't know what CRC stood for or something.

Get the fscking stick out of your ass.

Yeah, he didn't know what CRC stood for, that's why the title of the thread says "cyclic redundancy check". I'm sure telling him the common acronym for that helped his understanding greatly

And what a good thing it is too that he specified 'Cyclic Redundancy Check' and not simply 'CRC', or we could've taken it to mean any of the following:


Chemical Rubber Company
Control & Reporting Center
Calibration and Repair Center
Camera-Ready Copy
Camp Red Cloud
Canadian Research Chairs
Candida Related Complex
Capital Regional Command
Car Rental Center
Carriage Return Contact
Case Review Committee
Central Region Center
Central Region Chief
Central Reporting Center
Certification Review Committee
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor
Certified Retirement Counselor
Chesapeake Ranch Club
Chicago Rabbinical Council


Although, I'm not sure that any of these things could possibly relate to a problem dumping files from a CDR, but Feh.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: xcript

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: notfred
If Eli actually knew, he would have told you

wtf?

I know what it is, I didn't explain it in depth because I thought maybe he just didn't know what CRC stood for or something.

Get the fscking stick out of your ass.

Yeah, he didn't know what CRC stood for, that's why the title of the thread says "cyclic redundancy check". I'm sure telling him the common acronym for that helped his understanding greatly

And what a good thing it is too that he specified 'Cyclic Redundancy Check' and not simply 'CRC', or we could've taken it to mean any of the following:


Chemical Rubber Company
Control & Reporting Center
Calibration and Repair Center
Camera-Ready Copy
Camp Red Cloud
Canadian Research Chairs
Candida Related Complex
Capital Regional Command
Car Rental Center
Carriage Return Contact
Case Review Committee
Central Region Center
Central Region Chief
Central Reporting Center
Certification Review Committee
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor
Certified Retirement Counselor
Chesapeake Ranch Club
Chicago Rabbinical Council


Although, I'm not sure that any of these things could possibly relate to a problem dumping files from a CDR, but Feh.

You forgot Cun Ready Ceeds, for the perfect garden.

 

[snailophone]

Can CRC errors be caused by bad data transfer from the hard drive to the CD burner? The CRC errors I am getting are when I try to retrieve archived data from cdrs (such as .doc or .mp3 files), not from rar or zip files. Perhaps its the super cheap cables I'm using???

 

[isasir]

I get CRC errors when I try and transfer data from my smartmedia card in my digital camera to my HD. I need to get a new camera.

 

[skace]

More likely a scratch on your cd. It is able to view what is on the cd based on the context, but when it tries to pull said file, it fails miserably and returns CRC error. (my understanding at least). Basically, it isn't able to read the data to fully aquire the file. Sometimes very basic programs will ignore crc errors and manage to copy the files anyways -- but usually the file won't work. I am not sure whether cloneCD saves that like someone else said but cloneCD just does a very basic raw copy of the cd.