FAT32 CRC Errors?

[The Donut]

Hey,

I recently purchased an external enclosure and a 500GB Seagate disk. Now, for the PS3 and 360 to be able to read this disc it must be FAT32 (360 supports HFS, PS3 does not) - I used various tools to format it and it does so fine and all around the web I see it's perfectly acceptable and usable in FAT32 with the exception of files over 4GB.

However, when copying files to the drive I am now receiving seemingly random CRC errors and it just craps out "Error copying file Bla -- data cycle redundancy check" -- If I copy each file, one by one, it's fine. If I select a bunch and leave it copy, it craps out on the third or fourth one. The files are 300-400MB each.

Any ideas as to why this might be? Note that it didn't do this when it was formatted as NTFS.

 

[Met-AL]

What brand and model of external enclosure?

 

[The Donut]

TaoTec some random crap. $25.

 

[Met-AL]

That might be your problem. I have seen in reviews over at places such as Tom's about these enclosures and how they are hit and miss.

 

[Old Hippie]

TaoTec some random crap. $25.

You get what ya pay for.

 

[DrStrangeBrew]

You get what ya pay for.

yeah, the enclosure's I/O controller probably only "mostly" meets the specs for signal noise ratios & sensitivity

Is it a SATA drive? What connections are you using on the enclosure, USB, eSATA, FireW?

If SATA or IDE you can just hook the drive up directly & circumvent the errors, but for the other adapters I guess a different card/enclosure might be needed .....