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What is corrupt file?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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File can be corrupt due to several reasons, some of then are given bellow:

  1. Human Error: Auto shutdown
  2. Natural Disaster: Flood, Fire, and many more.
  3. Virus Attack
  4. Hardware Failure
  5. System Crash/Hard Drive Crash
  6. Power Failure
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Any file which couldn't open or show garbage data if it open, that is called corrupt file.

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Files gets corrupt due to several reasons like: virus attack, automatic system shutdown, sudden power failure, natural disaster and many more.

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A person can make a corrupt video file by stopping the video as it as being processed. A person may also scratch the CD or DVD, so that the video is no longer playable.

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Most likely, the fact that the files are corrupt.

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