The file would not copy to the flash drive any more than it would to the 
SSD on the Mini. My source has kindly placed a slightly lower resolution 
version on his Dropbox account, which I am downloading as we speak. We 
shall see...

Bill

On Friday, January 27, 2017 at 4:04:25 PM UTC-5, ValterV wrote:
>
> Il giorno 27/01/17 15.45, "Bill Spencer" ha scritto: 
>
> > The disc with one file kept failing with an error 36 message. 
>
> > P.S.: It plays fine on my Windows laptop at the office... 
>
> Then it's most likely the issue is the Mac's optical drive. 
> I know for sure many iMac optical drives are prone to failure after some 
> years. 
> My iMac (Early 2009) is having intermittent issues like that, so I bought 
> an 
> external Asus DVD drive on Amazon, for less than 25 euros, when the 
> internal 
> drive refuses to work. 
>
> I second the "copy to USB drive" suggestion, and then test your Mac 
> internal 
> drive reading several DVDs: if more than one fails, you know it's likely 
> the 
> drive. 
>
>
>

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