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Prior to thanksgiving, I had about 50 gigs of music on my harddrive. I recently visited my cousin and filled up the rest of my harddrive with his collection, with the intentions of just moving everything over to the external. Upon doing this, I've come into a data redundancy problem. I'm not sure if theres such a program to attempt at resolving these issues, but damnit i sure hope there is.
If not, I guess my next step would be separating the collections and attempting to transfer my original coll over first, hopefully not encountering any errors on the way.

The major pitfall here is now I've got a full harddrive, 80 gigs of solid, anally organized music, and no-way to get them transferred elsewhere.

Any ideas?

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CRC errors while copying usually mean read problems on the source (bad sectors, filesystem corruption, or a flaky cable/controller), not a mysterious MP3-only issue. Stop writing to the source drive immediately to avoid making the problem worse. A safe, ordered approach gives the best chance to recover most files.

First, do a quick health check and then run Windows error-checking on the source drive. From an elevated prompt:

chkdsk E: /f /r

Replace E: with the source letter. This attempts to repair filesystem errors and recover readable data from bad sectors. See the Microsoft documentation for details: chkdsk (Windows). Expect this to take a long time on large drives.

If the drive shows physical problems or chkdsk fails to recover everything, create a sector-by-sector image of the drive before further attempts. Use a Linux/live-USB tool like GNU ddrescue to minimize further reads and to retry bad areas safely:

ddrescue -f -n /dev/sdX /path/to/image.img /path/to/rescue.log
ddrescue -d -r3 /dev/sdX /path/to/image.img /path/to/rescue.log

Details: GNU ddrescue. Working from an image lets you attempt aggressive recovery without stressing the original disk.

When copying recovered files, use a tool that logs and retries (Robocopy on Windows, TeraCopy/Unstoppable Copier GUI tools). Example Robocopy usage:

robocopy "D:\Music" "E:\MusicBackup" /E /R:3 /W:5 /LOG:robolog.txt

Finally, MP3s with partial corruption can often be fixed per-file using frame/metadata utilities such as MP3val or MP3Diags; these scan folders and repair headers and bad frames: MP3val.

As pointed toward online guides, the above order (stop writing, check health, image if needed, copy with robust tools, then repair files) is the safest practical workflow. For irreplaceable data, stop DIY attempts and consult a professional recovery service.

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your welcome,good luck

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