Darren Kitchen Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 What software do you guys use to create MD5 hashes in Windows? I've been trying out FastSum and I'm not all that impressed. Just wondering what you guys use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Pretend this was never here. I misread the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickarse Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 You could always use hashtab http://beeblebrox.org/hashtab/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mleo2003 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 What exactly are you looking for in a MD5 program? FastSum looks pretty good, but if you don't like it, it might be good to know what your baseline requirements are. As to what I use, I don't (due to not only running Ubuntu on my desktop, but just not doing MD5 stuff on the Windows machines I use anyway, or the Ubuntu machine either). If I did, I'd probably hack something together myself. Just as a general question, does keeping MD5 values of files really help with integrity? Most of the time for me, if stuff starts corrupting, it's a whole disk. I don't download that much stuff (mainly due to being on dialup still), so I guess that's why it's slightly lost to me how helpful this could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swathe Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I am yet to see the need to use this personally at the moment also but would be open to suggestions for practical application to home data or small business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 FastSum is ok, it's just cumbersome. I was looking for something a bit more lightweight that would integrate well with the explorer context menu. Not a big deal really, I could make a command line solution work probably. Up until now I didn't really have a need for MD5 hashes of files either, but when you've got to deliver an 8gb AVI file split into 80 some odd 100mb parts to revision3 via FTP every week.... yeah. It sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkphan Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I would use an SFV app, this would create the .sfv file with all the checksums in it. Then at the other end, rev3 would just run an SFV checker on the parts to make sure they were all ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenzer Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 You could check out muCommander, it's not exactly a MD5 creating program, but it lets you select a list of files, and then generate a checksum file with either MD4, MD5, SHA*, etc. hashing. Just go to File -> Generate checksum when you have selected the files you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/ Simple, effective, drop the md5 program in windows/system32, call it from any where, drag and drop the file infront of the md5 command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 Thanks guys, these all look great. /me hands out cookies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I use this little app, that you just drag the file onto its icon and it gives you the md5 hash. It then launches a little cmd window with the hash. http://www.twistedpairrecords.com/digip/check_md5_app.rar Forget where I found it, but I used it to verify some Linux distros and worked great for me. Fast and easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickarse Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Sweet! I get a Darren cookie! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Sweet! I get a Darren cookie! :P I will give you a million Stanley nickles for that cookie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophidian Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Darren I honestly think that rsync would be a much better option for you provided the other side is willing. I use rsync to transfer large files all the time and never worry about manually comparing md5 information after the transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uda Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I'd prefer command line program for extensibility. Go with the Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier utility here, or a plain md5sum.exe here. If you're a real sucker for a GUI, check out WinMd5Sum at PortableApps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickarse Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I will give you a million Stanley nickles for that cookie. I wouldn't trade a Darren cookie for 1 BILLION Stanley nickles. It's just THAT good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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