If the damage is happening over ten partitions, and only files in packages are affected, hardware damage sounds less likely.
Step #0 is to make sure you didn't make a noob mistake and use a FAT formatted external drive to hold a Mac file system. Step #1 would be to vet the directory structure with DiskWarrior or something similar. On Sep 27, 2011, at 7:29 PM, Rudolf O. Durrer wrote: > It's one disk, which carries about ten partitions. Every partition is > affected. It seems that the files causing the error are sitting in packages. > > @Macs R We: > Seems that I have to replace the disk :-( > Thansk for the answers > Rudolf > > Am 27.09.2011 um 19.34 schrieb Ezekiel Elin: > >> is this all related to one disk, or multiple disks? >> snip...snip... >> On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Rudolf O. Durrer wrote: >> >>> I have an external HD, about a year old, having functioned until now quite >>> without problems. >>> But since recently, when copying data from it onto another HD I frequently >>> get errors with a msg that an I/O errors (bummers)(-36) occurred. >>> Randomly... >>> >>> Furthermore, it seems that some of these files are copied regardless of >>> that error message. Comparison of the copy and the source show no obvious >>> differences in size. The copy can be opened with the respective >>> application, but not the source. >>> >>> Does anybody know if such errors relate to a hardware or software >>> failure...?snip...snip...snip > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk -- Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. http://macsrwe.com _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
