The portable 10K tool DVDsig has been created to quickly generate and verify the MD5 signatures of a base folder and all files it contains. MD5 hashes are used to verify a file’s integrity by comparing the initial value to the current value, differences indicate that the file has been changed in the meantime. This [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Files do not last forever. Corruption can be caused by hard drive failures or unreadable compact disks for instance. The files might be partially readable but this does not help much if it is corrupted. There are some ways of preparing yourself against data loss. One obvious way is of course to make regular backups of your important files. But it could of course happen that backups get corrupted as well which most of the time happens in the worst moments possible.

Categories: Operating Systems, Tools, Windows