Some files corrupt on transfer

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Sometimes I move files and they won't open on another machine.

THis has happened with files from unix of from DOS.

THen I recopy the file and it opens fine.

I have a hunch I copied the file too fast somehow.


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[Shenan Stanley]

wrote:
> Sometimes I move files and they won't open on another machine.
>
> THis has happened with files from unix of from DOS.
>
> THen I recopy the file and it opens fine.
>
> I have a hunch I copied the file too fast somehow.


Not enough information.

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[thanatoid]

wrote in
:

> Sometimes I move files and they won't open on another
> machine.
>
> THis has happened with files from unix of from DOS.
>
> THen I recopy the file and it opens fine.
>
> I have a hunch I copied the file too fast somehow.

I am not aware of any way of controlling the speed of the copy
process (except in some sophisticated file managers - WE is NOT
a file manager - and even then the control is very limited).

I have had the exact thing happen, and it is usually bad media -
usually floppy. I have had no problems with CDR's and HD (well,
except they all fail sooner or later).

I would suspect one or the other or both media involved, be they
CD, floppy, HD, or whatever. Run scandisk on them first.
Sometimes reformatting will fix the problem - although it is
really only practical in case of a floppy, and a floppy (or
other media) that had bad sectors WILL get them again...