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    File/Directory/HD integrity tool

    Hi
    Anyone know of a tool which calculates a hash of a file for a whole directory or whole hard disk?

    Like par2, but recursive, where I can check the integrity of just one file, or one directory or a collection of directories.

    I'm paranoid that my files may be corrupting silently. Something that can calculate MD5 or SHA1 digests would be good, that I can schedule to run during idle times.

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    Re: File/Directory/HD integrity tool

    I can't suggest an file integrity program, however:

    My old PC could run memtest86 and orthos all day without problems, yet often had a number of issues when running par2 repairs. Using the Intel Burn Test resulted in a 25% failure rate over 20 tests. Even tho everything was at stock and the memory was at recommended timings, slackening them slightly resulted in a 0% failure rate and no further quickpar issues.

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    Smile Re: File/Directory/HD integrity tool

    Hmm,
    so you're saying that we all might be running flaky systems, but we don't normally notice ?

    thats not good, I've got loads of photos/videos archived, that I want to keep. I generate about 5-7Gb a month at the moment.

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    Re: File/Directory/HD integrity tool

    You can use fsum.exe in a batch file with the Windows task scheduler for this, e.g. the command "fsum -r -jm *.* >digests.md5" run in the root of a particular folder will recursively calculate the md5 checksums of everything in that folder and dump them into "digests.md5".

    You could also use Fsum Frontend if you're not comfortable with the command line and batch files, but I haven't used it much and don't know how easy it would be to set up a scheduled task.

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    Re: File/Directory/HD integrity tool

    Quote Originally Posted by CaptainCrash View Post
    You can use fsum.exe in a batch file with the Windows task scheduler for this, e.g. the command "fsum -r -jm *.* >digests.md5" run in the root of a particular folder will recursively calculate the md5 checksums of everything in that folder and dump them into "digests.md5".

    You could also use Fsum Frontend if you're not comfortable with the command line and batch files, but I haven't used it much and don't know how easy it would be to set up a scheduled task.
    thanks captain, I'll take a look.

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    Re: File/Directory/HD integrity tool

    You need FCIV.

    Quote Originally Posted by http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290
    The File Checksum Integrity Verifier (FCIV) is a command-prompt utility that computes and verifies cryptographic hash values of files. FCIV can compute MD5 or SHA-1 cryptographic hash values. These values can be displayed on the screen or saved in an XML file database for later use and verification.

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    Re: File/Directory/HD integrity tool

    Quote Originally Posted by Singh400 View Post
    You need FCIV.
    I've just taken a look at the info, looks just right.

    Thanks Singh

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