anyone know what this means?

[kkeheley]

i am trying to copy something tho my harddrive and keep getting an I/O error message anyone know what this means?


thanks

[kkeheley]

it is now telling me that i can't copy the files to the hard drive because the name of the file is to long for the hard drive but i changed the name to 1 and it still said that

[Dusky]

Originally Posted by kkeheley

i am trying to copy something tho my harddrive and keep getting an I/O error message anyone know what this means?


thanks

It might be a good time to rescue as many important files as you can. I made the following relevant entry in SuperDuper's forum:

http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/s...0&postcount=13

Hmm, I wonder... try this: select the file you're not able to copy. Control-click it. From the contextual menu that comes up, choose to make an archive of the file. What happens?

If you have TechTool Deluxe, run it; do only a "Surface Scan." What's the result?

[kkeheley]

the file is on an external drive and it will archive it but it will not let me move it to the internal drive

[powermac]

Is the external HD format for OSX? When I purchased my Lacie drive, I was eager to get it up and running and started dragging files to it, and got the same error. I went to disk utility and found it formatted for windows. Formatted the drive for OSX and have not looked back.

[powermac]

Sorry read the questions wrong. Disregard my comment.