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Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top unable to copy folder from desktop to external hard drive up vote 0 down vote favorite I am on Windows XP and I am trying to copy a folder error copying file or folder unspecified error from my desktop to my external hard drive. Both drives are formatted NTFS. When I try to copy and paste the folder, I get an error message pop-up, 'cannot copy file:' with the title header 'error copying file or folder'; no explanation is given as to why the folder can't be copied. windows-xp hard-drive external-hard-drive file-transfer share|improve this question asked Jan 4 '12 at 0:00 user701510 2034512 Can you copy the file to a different location (not to the external drive?) –Serodis Jan 4 error copying file or folder access is denied xp '12 at 0:04 Yeah i agree with Serodis, try copying it to either a different external drive, or another location on your local disk (or another local disk if you have one). It almost sounds like it might be an issue with one of the files in your copy, or with your source disk. but this will help us determine that. –Paperlantern Jan 4 '12 at 0:18 I got the same error when I tried to copy the folder to another location on my local disk –user701510 Jan 4 '12 at 0:32 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 1 down vote accepted Most likely there is a problematic file, or problematic portion of the disk that is causing this error then. i would suggest running a chkdsk on the machine, which might fix a problematic file issue. And MIGHT be able to correct a minor disk error. How to run Chkdsk from My Computer or from Windows Explorer Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk that you want to check. Click Properties, and then click Tools. Under Error-checking, click Check Now. A dialog box that shows the Check disk options is displayed, Use one of the following procedures: To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, click Start. To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, select the Automatically fix file system errors check box, and then click Start. To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, select the Scan for and
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TechSpot RSS Get our weekly newsletter Search TechSpot Trending Hardware The Web Culture Mobile Gaming Apple Microsoft Google Reviews Graphics Laptops Smartphones CPUs Storage Cases Keyboard & Mice Outstanding Features Must Reads Hardware Software Gaming Tips & Tricks Best Of Downloads Latest Downloads Popular Apps Editors Picks Device Drivers Product Finder New Releases New PC Games Laptops Smartphones Routers Storage Motherboards Monitors Forums Recent Activity Today's Posts News Comments TechSpot Forums Forums Software Windows Today's Posts Installing Windows XP - Can't copy certainfiles Bymattitude Sep 14, 2010 Post New Reply Hi guys, After getting the blue screen of death all of the time and not being able to boot up in any mode. I decided to totally reformat that hard disk and reinstall Windows. There is a problem though! Before I tell you the problem, I just thought that I'd mention that my system is a Dell Dimension and I use the Windows XP OEM Disk to install Windows. My hard drive is a SATA. I turn the computer on, and press F2 to enter the BIOS Settings. I change the boot order so that the CD-DRIVE boots first (The Disk doesn't actually boot from the CD DRIVE, it boots from the DVD DRIVE. I think this is because the DVD DRIVE is the 'Master' or something). When I have changed the boot order, I reboot. I then get the 'Press any key to boot from CD' message. I press a key and then the Windows setup begins. The setup starts off by loading files (drivers etc). I then press 'ENTER' to set up Windows XP (there is no previous version of XP installed). I then accept the agreement by pressing F8. It now comes to a page with the available partitions. I highlight the C: Partition (NTFS) and press the 'D' to delete it. And then recreate the C: Partition (NTFS) by pressing 'C'. I then press 'Enter' to install Windows on this New, Raw partition. I format the partition. This is fine. Gets to 100% nicely. The problem is the next bit: The Windows XP setup copies files to the Windows Installation folders. It copies so many files but then randomly stops stating that it can't copy a specific file, and asks me to try again or skip. The thing is, I've retried installing it and sometimes, files that can't be copied will actually copy other times I try. One of the files I see quite often is 'pro_seg5.swf'. A lot of the time this file can't be copied, bu