Re: Can't copy a file on hard disk

[DaveJohnson12]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:55:04 -0400, "Christopher Muto"
<muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>i would suspect that the file is simply in use by some other program.
>windows 2000 dose sometimes say 'i/o error' rather than 'file in use.'
>restart the computer and try again before starting any other application.
>if that dosen't work then tell us exactly what the file is - ie. is it a
>outlook or outlook express file?
>good luck.

Restarting doesn't help so I guess it can't be in use. The file is a
video (.avi) file.
Thanks.


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><DaveJohnson12@nomail.> wrote in message
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>>I am trying to copy a file on the hard disk to another folder on the same
>>hard
>> disk. I get the message "Can't Copy 'filename': The Request Could No Be
>> Performed Because Of an I/O Error." So far it has only happened with one
>> file.
>> I'm using Windows 2000 with sp4. I've tried several times and get the same
>> error
>> each time. It's a 350MB file and the error occurs after copying around 3/4
>> of
>> the file. Other files this size and bigger can be copied with no problem.
>>
>> I think I had the same error message when copying files from a jump drive
>> to the
>> hard disk. After trying a second time I was able to copy the files.
>>
>> Chkdsk doesn't find any errors on the hard disk. It's a 40GB Maxtor. The
>> hard
>> disk is connected to an SIIG Ultra ATA/100 controller (purchased from
>> Dell). The
>> drivers for the card are installed.
>>
>> Does anyone know what could be the cause of this problem and how I can fix
>> it?
>>
>> Thanks.
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