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06.11.2008 at 10:07AM PDT, ID: 23476564
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What would cause a copy of a file to be corrupt when the origianl is not corrupt?  Why no error message?

Asked by jsgreiner in Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, Windows XP Operating System, Windows Vista

I use Windows Business Vista and Windows XP Professional.  Several times over the last 6 months I have copied a file from one location to another.  The origianl file is fine, but the copy is corrupt -- or at least I can not open it.  This happened with two MacroMedia Director files and one Microsoft Word document.  The odd thing is there were no error messages while copying the file and the copy has the exact same number of bytes as the original.  (I did check the file persmissions on the copy -- full privileges are available to all users.)

What might cause these symptoms?
Is there a way to detect that a file copy did not work without having to try opening/executing the file?Start Free Trial
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