You almost certainly have a corrupted file (or thousands) that gives an incorrect size for the file. Something in the order of 20 or 40 GB. The system reads this file size and reports your error. If you can find this too large file(s) and trash it, you should be able to get your other files. You can alternatively select only the smaller files to transfer. However you do it, you need to check the files _reported_ file size before you actually transfer. You might want to use a disk file size reporting tool like Disk Surveyor by Tom Luhrs to help find this monster file. Good luck.
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