wtf does thsi mean?

[posol]

Data error (cyclic redundancy check).

when trying to delete a file

even rar'ed it to delete it, and it still won't delete.

its ot a virus- its an mp3 i streamed from di.fm

 

[Slammed90Lude]

oh dear, if you're asking a computer question, it MUST be bad

 

[posol]

:fu:

 

[TurboMirage]

CRC means the data in the file is skewed.

scandisk, then try to delete. it will recover the file as a bad chain into a "foundxxx.tmp" or something alike.

 

[JDMilan]

 

[TurboMirage]

it happens alot when you use old media like 10yr old floppies n shit. the mylar inside breaks down.

 

[cycloneb18c3]

or...you can go into ms dos and try and delete it in that. MS DOS will usually delete any file you want
(at least it does for me, with files I download that some moron makes a filename thats like a mile long, and it wont delete in windows cause it says the file name is too long, so i had to do it in ms dos)

 

[Prowler]

what's that one command? c:\deltree? yeah, i think something like that fixes it

 

[TurboMirage]

deltree c: /y

 

[DarkHand]

Never heard of getting a CRC error during a file delete... Why would Windows need to CRC check a file that's being deleted anyway? Go to a command line and do a chkdsk /r /f and reboot. Then try again.

 

[phunky.buddha]

I've had that happen before B... the FAT for that partition gets slightly fucked, and there's corruption in the file- maybe from a failed deletion before that killed only some of the file. Just call a scandisk from bootup before you go into your OS and it should fix the error.