How to corrupt a file
If you want to corrupt a file on purpose (for whatever reason) there are some easy tricks.
Tip: Did you know you get the error “file is corrupt and cannot be opened” there are ways to recover the file. Read more here. File is corrupt and cannot be opened
To corrupt a file, right-click on the file and click Open with .. then select Notepad editor. If it’s now available select Other and find the path to your notepad editor.
If it’s not a text file or another file format supported by notepad it will only display random gibberish. Remove some of the lines or all of them and save the file. Your file is now corrupt and cannot be opened properly.
Another fool-proof way to corrupt a file is to use a hex editor and change some hex codes in the file. Check this out: Hex Editor for Windows 7
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Written by oliversk Sunday, November 14th, 2010
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