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Error occured when converting .SRA to FASTQ

State as in title, the system returns following message:

data corrupt while validating header within database module- failed to open '....... .sra '

Really appreciate any help!!!!!!

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updated by Ram Ram • written by xuzbnu • xuzbnu

Have you tried redownloading it?

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written by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan

What "system"? What software? Please be more specific.

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written by Neilfws Neilfws

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In the recent version of sratools, you don't even need to download the sra file. Just

fastq-dump SRAxxxx

You will get the fastq files you want.

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updated by Ram Ram • written by Xingyu Yang Xingyu Yang

That's a nice feature I never knew about, thanks!

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written by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan

Very cool, but I still got the same error.

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written by xuzbnu • xuzbnu

what's your command? Did you use the correct sra id?

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written by Xingyu Yang Xingyu Yang

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