Hi, Was the original drive formatted NTFS or FAT32? NTFS privileges can sometimes affect your ability to copy or if there are Windows system files in the folder, they can cause you grief. If you still have a Windows box, you could copy the files back to it, format the drive FAT32 and then you shouldn’t have so many issues.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 2, 2015, at 14:34, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: ok. thanks. I was thinking about that old hard drive that I’m trying to move stuff from and I think I did delete a couple of those troublesome windows files so somewhere there probably is a trash although I haven’t found it yet. why would this dialogue about locked items come up when I’m moving a folder that has nothing to do with the trash? if I get rid of the trash will I be able to move stuff or would it be safer just to copy everything and then erase the drive afterwards? > On Feb 2, 2015, at 10:26 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > When a copy is happening, VO focus is usually on the Copy dialog. If it’s > not there automatically, press VO-f2-f2 to bring up the Window Chooser and > the Copy dialog will be one of your choices. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Feb 1, 2015, at 22:30, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> where do I find the copy info when it’s happening? do I just vo-arrow around? >>> On Feb 1, 2015, at 11:21 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> For the source drive, how idd the items get put on it? From your Mac or >>> from a Windows machine? If from a Windows machine, don’t copy the items >>> that have a dot before the title if there are any and don’t copy items like >>> “Recycler” or “Trashes”. These sorts of items are not necessary and could >>> cause you grief. Try copying a folder or two at a time to determine which >>> folder is causing the error. The OK button you pressed was probably >>> telling you that the copy did not work and that’s likely why you didn’t see >>> anything moving over to the new drive. A note of caution as well, please >>> make sure that you read messages prior to clicking OK. Just clicking OK or >>> entering passwords without first reading and understanding the dialog is >>> leaving yourself open to vulnerabilities. With respect to progress bars, >>> when files are being copied, the Copy dialog should be visible to VO and >>> when you navigate around that dialog, you’ll find a couple of places that >>> will tell you the status of the copy. Usually one stating the percent >>> completed and one stating how many files have been copied and an estimation >>> of how long the computer figures that it will take to finish the copy. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>>> On Feb 1, 2015, at 20:59, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> yep. that did it. now something else is going on that I don’t understand. >>>> when I try to move folders to this one from my other drive, it says there >>>> are locked items in the trash: do I want to move everything or just the >>>> nonsecure items or the items that aren’t locked or whatever it it calls >>>> them. I don’t know how to make that choice. all I see are “cancel” and >>>> “continue” buttons. I pressed continue and then got an ok button so I >>>> pressed that but the folder wasn’t moved. I’m not aware of a trash on that >>>> drive that I’m moving stuff from so I don’t know what’s going on. how >>>> would anything get locked? >>>> >>>> I figure I can just copy everything. that seems to work but then I’ll have >>>> to erase the older drive before I give it to its next owner. >>>> >>>> is there any way to monitor the progress of a large folder being copied to >>>> the new drive? any access to the progress bar? >>>> >>>> Many Thanks. >>>>> On Jan 30, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> When in Disk Utility, select the name of the actual HD, not the volume >>>>> that exists on it. It may say something like 2 TB WD blah blah blah. >>>>> Stop interacting with the table and select the Partition tab instead. >>>>> Set the number of partitions to one, set the format to XFAT or whatever >>>>> you prefer, then press the Apply button. That should do it. >>>>> >>>>> Later... >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 17:08, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> somehow I set it as a partition so the erase failed because the media >>>>>> kit doesn’t think I have a partition. how do I fix this? >>>>>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 5:50 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> First you need to Interact with the Disk selection table, navigate to >>>>>>> the external HD, stop interacting with the Table, select the Erase tab, >>>>>>> change the format to XFAT, give the volume a name other than Untitled, >>>>>>> press the Erase button and confirm that you really want to do that. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Let it do it’s thing and you’re all set. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Later... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jan 29, 2015, at 16:48, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> what is the process called for doing this? I see first aid, erase, >>>>>>>> made or rate or something like that and restore. 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