I/O Device Error w/only ONE file

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Anywho! I have an external hard drive (Maxtor 80G) with about 1/2 of
it filled up. I am able to add to it and move files from it onto my
machine with no problems. However there is ONE file...just the one,
that gives me the "Cannot copy....I/O Device Error" message.

Is there any way to get around this and any idea why it is happening
with just one file? The file is still playable (a .wmv file) when I
play it from my External drive. I just can't copy it (I can't even
copy it to the External drive).

Thanks in advance!!

JC
 
I have an external hard drive (Maxtor 80G) with about 1/2 of
it filled up. I am able to add to it and move files from it onto my
machine with no problems. However there is ONE file...just the one,
that gives me the "Cannot copy....I/O Device Error" message.
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Can you rename it? Any weird characters in the name? Is the
name unusually long or is the destination path?

Open a cmd prompt and try this syntax
copy "\\?\x:\the source path\filename.wmv" "\\?\y:\dest path\"
What happens with that?
 
On 2 Apr 2007 15:44:15 -0700, (e-mail address removed) wrote:
Not to be stupid, but have you run windows error checking on the
drive? I know obvious but....

you know... scandisk or chkdsk (drive letter) /f


you might even want to scan the drive and not just the file system

"Cannot copy....I/O Device Error" message.
 
On 2 Apr 2007 15:44:15 -0700, (e-mail address removed) wrote:
Not to be stupid, but have you run windows error checking on the
drive? I know obvious but....

you know... scandisk or chkdsk (drive letter) /f

you might even want to scan the drive and not just the file system

"Cannot copy....I/O Device Error" message.
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Hey Mark,
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I ran chkdsk and it said there were
no errors. I did not run scandisk however.
 
Can you rename it? Any weird characters in the name? Is the
name unusually long or is the destination path?

Open a cmd prompt and try this syntax
copy "\\?\x:\the source path\filename.wmv" "\\?\y:\dest path\"
What happens with that?
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Hey Bill,

Yes, I can rename it and there are no weird errors in the file name or
destination path.
 
Can you rename it? Any weird characters in the name? Is the
name unusually long or is the destination path?

Open a cmd prompt and try this syntax
copy "\\?\x:\the source path\filename.wmv" "\\?\y:\dest path\"
What happens with that?
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Oh, I ran that command and got the same error
 
Is the drive formatted with NTFS or FAT32?

I have had small glitches iwth FAT32 support over the years...

That being said...
try renaming the file and the file extension and then naming it back
if it works.

Another trick I've used is running MS backup on just that file and
seeing if I can subsequently restore it to an alternate destination.

If all else fails, make a back up of the drive and then run the
manufacturers drive diagnostics on it (available from their website).
Even "weirdness" on a single file is often indicative of it no longer
being a trust worthy storage source... I'm a little paranoid about
that type of thing...

best wishes
 
Is the drive formatted with NTFS or FAT32?

I have had small glitches iwth FAT32 support over the years...

That being said...
try renaming the file and the file extension and then naming it back
if it works.

Another trick I've used is running MS backup on just that file and
seeing if I can subsequently restore it to an alternate destination.

If all else fails, make a back up of the drive and then run the
manufacturers drive diagnostics on it (available from their website).
Even "weirdness" on a single file is often indicative of it no longer
being a trust worthy storage source... I'm a little paranoid about
that type of thing...

best wishes
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It is Fat32.

I tried the renaming thing, no luck.

I also did the NTBACKUP on that one file. It said it was created with
skipped files. The file is 182,000,000 bytes and it looked like it
crapped out at about 10,000,000 bytes.

Thanks for your help, though.
 
Is the drive formatted with NTFS or FAT32?

I have had small glitches iwth FAT32 support over the years...

That being said...
try renaming the file and the file extension and then naming it back
if it works.

Another trick I've used is running MS backup on just that file and
seeing if I can subsequently restore it to an alternate destination.

If all else fails, make a back up of the drive and then run the
manufacturers drive diagnostics on it (available from their website).
Even "weirdness" on a single file is often indicative of it no longer
being a trust worthy storage source... I'm a little paranoid about
that type of thing...

best wishes
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It is Fat32.

I tried the renaming thing, no luck.

I also did the NTBACKUP on that one file. It said it was created with
skipped files. The file is 182,000,000 bytes and it looked like it
crapped out at about 10,000,000 bytes.

Thanks for your help, though.
 
It is Fat32.

I tried the renaming thing, no luck.

I also did the NTBACKUP on that one file. It said it was created with
skipped files. The file is 182,000,000 bytes and it looked like it
crapped out at about 10,000,000 bytes.
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How big is the source drive? And how big is the size of the Partition/volume?
If less than 127GB, try running scandisk on the drive with the checkonly switch
thrown-E.g.

scandisk C: /checkonly
 
How big is the source drive? And how big is the size of the Partition/volume?
If less than 127GB, try running scandisk on the drive with the checkonly switch
thrown-E.g.

scandisk C: /checkonly- Hide quoted text -

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The external Hard drive is 80GB. I don't believe scandisk is available
in XP. I did do chkdsk and it said there were no problems.
 
The external Hard drive is 80GB. I don't believe scandisk is available
in XP. I did do chkdsk and it said there were no problems.
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You're correct that scandisk is not included in XP. You'd have to make a
98 or ME boot disk, or download one from bootdisk.com. However,
I didn't catch that the problem disk was external. If a USB interface,
DOS (and so, scandisk) won't easily work.

What's the SMART status of the drive? You can use HDTune to check.
Note any highlighted attributes on the "Health" tab.

HDTune
http://www.hdtune.com/
 
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