Error message when renaming a ROM so its thumbnail would update

[Former user]

I have two dumps of an Atari 2600 ROM - the first called "BASIC Programming ~" with no box art, and the second "BASIC Programming" with working art/thumbnail. I renamed the first to remove the tilde so it would use my existing box art. The thumbnail for the newly-renamed game didn't update and this error message appeared.

System.IO.IOException: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator1.CommonInit() at System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator1..ctor(String path, String originalUserPath, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption, SearchResultHandler`1 resultHandler, Boolean checkHost) at System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern) at LaunchBox.Data.Game.GetAllCacheFilePaths() at (Game ) at LaunchBox.Caching.ImageCache.Invalidate(Game game) at LaunchBox.Drawing.GameGui.RefreshImage() at (ImageGamesControl , String ) at LaunchBox.Controls.ImageGamesControl.UpdateGame(String id) at (MainForm , Game ) at LaunchBox.Forms.MainForm.EditGame(Game game) at (MainForm , Object , EventArgs ) at LaunchBox.Forms.MainForm.editButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

[Jason Carr]

Hi Anonymous, "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable" is a scary error message; it usually (perhaps not always, but usually) means there's either file system corruption or a corrupt hard drive. That's my best guess as to what's going on here, sadly. If you can get back to me here, I can probably help you troubleshoot it. I'm gonna mark this invalid though for now.