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A Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) is an error checking technique used by computers,
specifically the hard drives or optical disks (i.e DVD/CD). A Cyclic Redundancy Check error is
caused when data on the hard-drive or DVD becomes corrupt.
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Check the cause. In the case the CRC error was thrown by the hard drive, the cause
is likely data being incorrectly written to the hard drive. This can be caused by either
the operating system being corrupt, or a power loss.
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To fix a hard disk CRC error, run the CHKDSK application. In the "My
Computer" folder, right click the affected hard drive and click properties.
(In most of the cases this doesn't work because from GUI It won't show all the
properties of the disk; It will end-up without doing any disk check. The
alternative to this step is execute commands from command prompt as below:
. Run CMD as an Administrator
. type chkdsk C: /f /r ( 'C' signifies the affected Drive).
. Run DiskPart utility from the same command prompt type DiskPart
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Once utility is loaded run "rescan" command. This command locates new disks
that might have been added to the computer.
Hopefully problem would be resolved and you would be able to explore your disk.
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You can trace the logs of chkdsk utility from Right click on
'My Computer' -> Manage -> Event Management -> Application logs.
No need to follow below steps.
#*You will be informed that you need to restart the computer to perform the
check, click the schedule check button, then restart the computer.
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Enter the "Tools" tab and click the "Check Now" button. A small windows will
appear, make sure the "Automatically check for filesystem errors" box and the "Find
and repair bad sectors" box is checked. Then click start.
Note when it can't be fixed. In the case that an optical disk (i.e., a DVD/BD/CD
disk) is reporting a CRC error, there is no way to fix this. If you burned data to the disk
yourself, try burning said data to another disk, this time at a lower speed. 4x is the
recommended speed, especially when burning operating systems (i.e an Ubuntu LiveCD)
to a disk. The higher the speed at which the data is burned, the higher the chances errors
may be written to the disk.
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Disks may throw CRC errors if there is a smudge or scratch on the disk. Try cleaning the
disk and buying a scratch repair kit to fix the scratch (if its small) if the data on the disk is
very important to you.
With hard drives, CRC errors can be an indicator of impending hard drive failure if they
keep appearing. Back up all important data just to be safe.
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