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Originally Posted by mattstrike

Hopefully this will be the last question regarding this subject:

What happens if the checksum finds an error? Is there anything you can do about it?

For example:
I just checked the md5 file for Disc 4 in the Jewels and Binoculars 1966 (26 cd set) - which I got here.

This is the error I got from xACT (checking the file(s) that I b/u'd to DVD-R):
d04.md5: FAILED
Track01.flac: OK
Track02.flac: OK
Track03.flac: OK
Track04.flac: OK
Track05.flac: OK
Track06.flac: OK
Track07.flac: OK
Track08.flac: OK
md5sum: WARNING: 1 of 9 computed checksums did NOT match

This Disc only has 8 tracks, so what's the 9th checksum refer to?
I get the same error when I check the file on my HD.

The filename before the colon indicates what it is checking. Whoever created this md5 file also included the md5 file itself among the files to generate a md5 for. This is more or less impossible -- or extremely improbable -- to be able to generate a md5 for a file and then output the md5 of the final file back into the original md5 itself.

More or less you can just ignore any checks against a md5 file.