I/O errors (bummers)(-36)

2011-09-27 Thread Rudolf O. Durrer
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

Re: I/O errors (bummers)(-36)

2011-09-27 Thread Ezekiel Elin
is this all related to one disk, or multiple disks? Sent from my MacBook Air 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

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2011-09-27 Thread Kevin Callahan
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Re: I/O errors (bummers)(-36)

2011-09-27 Thread Macs R We
On Sep 27, 2011, at 10:16 AM, 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.

Re: I/O errors (bummers)(-36)

2011-09-27 Thread Rudolf O. Durrer
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

Re: I/O errors (bummers)(-36)

2011-09-27 Thread Macs R We
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