File Hash Integrity Checking - Microsoft Power Shell Application
1.
Save the .iso type file to be hash-checked onto a flash drive “M” and
temporarily rename the file as M:\hash. However, the actual drive
letter could be different from "M".
2.
Open Windows Power Shell
3.
Select “Windows Power Shell – Desktop App”
4.
Enter one of the following command strings by copy and paste...
Get-FileHash M:\hash.iso
-Algorithm MD5
Get-FileHash M:\hash.iso
-Algorithm SHA1
Get-FileHash M:\hash.iso
-Algorithm SHA256
Get-FileHash M:\hash.iso
-Algorithm SHA384
Get-FileHash M:\hash.iso
-Algorithm SHA512
Get-FileHash M:\hash.iso
-Algorithm MACTripleDES
Get-FileHash M:\hash.iso
-Algorithm RIPEMD160
5.
Press <enter>
6.
No visible sign of active computation is provided. So be patient because
large files may require a considerable amount of time for processing.
7.
Mark the resulting hash string calculation with click and drag. Then
right-click or press <enter> to place this string into the clipboard.
8.
Open Word Pad and paste the string for viewing. Manually parse
this long string into four (4) letter groups by inserting a minus (-) sign
between each.
9.
Paste the reference hash string directly below the calculated string and
parse these characters in the same manner.
10. Compare and determine that both hash strings are identical. However if any
character is different, the downloaded file is corrupt.
