Cyclic redundancy error

Kevo

Hey!
I was just trying to get 2 movies off a cd I burned a while ago and I keep getting a cyclic redundancy error. The first transferred fine but the second got stuck after bout 1/5th of the way. Any ideas on how to fix this? By the way they are both stored as divx files, if that matters.
Kev

Karoma

Clean the disk.

If it still fails, try CDCheck.

Tar.Aldarion

Kevo wrote:

Hey!
I was just trying to get 2 movies off a cd I burned a while ago and I keep getting a cyclic redundancy error. The first transferred fine but the second got stuck after bout 1/5th of the way. Any ideas on how to fix this? By the way they are both stored as divx files, if that matters.
Kev

that happens to me a lot. It is wth certain films. When you are putting things on dvd and cd it can be fine but then you can't get them back off
i hate that error!

leeroybrown

The CRC error is more than likely because of a scratch or chemical/sunlight damage to the disc. Also, it could possibly be dirt which you could just clean up. I generally find that IsoBuster is the best tool for recovering such CD's in windows but it still only increases the chance a certain amount.

The best way to avoid this happening is to buy decent CD's and looking after them. While cheap unbranded discs will burn they'll end up like this a lot more readily.

Karoma

leeroybrown wrote:

The best way to avoid this happening is to buy decent CD's and looking after them. While cheap unbranded discs will burn they'll end up like this a lot more readily.

^ spot on..and, in addition, burning at slower speeds will further help reduce issues.
i went with CDCheck as it's free for personal use (IIRC)

AdMMM

Has happened to me in the past with cheap disc's I bought that I left out in all kinds of weather. Take care of the disc's and it probably won't happen!

Kevo

Thanks for the replys. I used cdcheck and it worked grand. Just bout 5 mins of messed up picture.