{"id":109,"date":"2013-11-30T21:03:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T21:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.electrongoo.org\/?p=109"},"modified":"2013-11-30T21:03:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T21:03:40","slug":"how-to-search-for-a-file-and-verify-its-integrity-stamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/support.electrongoo.com\/?p=109","title":{"rendered":"How to search for a file and verify its integrity stamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Integrity Checker will automatically create integrity stamps for all new and changed files with no interaction on your part.\u00a0 When you want to verify the integrity stamp on a single file or multiple files, you must manually request an integrity scan<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Open the Server Console and select Integrity Checker from the top tab bar<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Select the <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/scanactive.png\">Verify Integrity Stamp On A File<\/a> link from the Common Tasks area<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>You can search for the file by <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/viewintegrityscan-1.png\">three different methods<\/a>: search by filename, search by date, or browse folder tree<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Method #1: Select <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/viewintegrityscan-filesearch.png\"> Search By Filename<\/a> to enter the name, or part of the name, of the file you want to verify.\u00a0 A <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/viewintegrityscan-filesearch.png\"> results list<\/a> will be displayed.\u00a0 You can then select the single file you wish to verify from this list<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Method #2: Select <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/viewintegrityscan-datesearch.png\"> Search By Date<\/a> to view all of the files which currently have integrity stamps on them in order of date processed.\u00a0 You can then select the single file you wish to verify<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Method #3: Select <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/viewintegrityscan-browseearch.png\">Browse Folder Tree<\/a> to click-though all files and folders which contain an integrity stamp.\u00a0 You can then select the single file you wish to verify<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Now that you&#8217;ve selected the single file to verify you will see the <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/viewintegrityscan-viewstamp.png\"> Integrity Stamp window<\/a>.\u00a0 This window will show you the current integrity stamp information (integrity date, file size, SHA-1 hash) in the upper portion on the window<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>If you have an existing 160bit SHA-1 hash (i.e. typically supplied for you when you download a large file from the internet) then you can <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/viewintegrityscan-compare.png\"> enter the supplied hash in the &#8216;Your Hash&#8217; text box and press the Compare button<\/a> to verify the integrity of the file.\u00a0 If this fails then your file was probably downloaded incorrectly and you should retry the download from the original source of the file<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/bluearrow.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"22\" \/><\/td>\n<td>You can also re-scan the file on your server to verify the file as it currently exists still matches the file as it was scanned by Integrity Checker in the past.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/integrity-checker.com\/images\/screens\/whs\/viewintegrityscan-rescan.png\"> Press the Compare button<\/a> to run this scan.\u00a0 If this fails then your hard drive might be going bad.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Integrity Checker will automatically create integrity stamps for all new and changed files with no interaction on your part.\u00a0 When you want to verify the integrity stamp on a single file or multiple files, you must manually request an integrity scan Open the Server Console and select Integrity Checker from the top tab bar Select &hellip; 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