On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 18:35 -0400, C Shore wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 04:24:59PM -0500, Tim McDonough wrote: > > Recently when running backups from Windows machines I've started > > getting errors that say one or more files don't verify correctly. They > > are not files that are in use at the time of the backup or verify and > > if I perform multiple backups in a row different files will not > > verify. On the last instance of this happening there were 3 files out > > of several thousand that did not verify correctly. > > I had a similar occurrence a few years ago. In my case it wasn't the > hard drive (bad blocks tend to be more predictable, and bigger), nor > RAM, but a defective cpu (or motherboard, I don't remember which). > > I know the hard drive and ram were okay because I'm using them still. > The cpu had issues in another system, but whether the cpu was a cause or > effect is not clear. > > So, if you can, test your hard drive in another system (because it's > easiest to move). If it works you may be looking at the same kind of > problem I had.
you don't say either way, but don't use WinXX, go to Hibernate, then boot to Linux, then back to WinXX since it'll wonder why files have changed during hibernation -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]