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From: Doug Jantzer on 7 Jul 2010 00:48 I want to send about 20 GBs of .PDFs to some one. They are mostly about 500-700 MBs with a few between 1 and 1.5 GBs. i purchased a no-name 32 GB thumb drive off eBay, and it stopped copying at just under 3 GBs, ejecting the disk with a message that it had been improperly dismounted. The Finder can�t complete the operation because some data in �5 (13201-13700) b� can�t be read or written. (Error code -36) I figured it was a crappy disk. I sent it back and they refunded my money. I then ordered a Kingston brand 32 GB drive... and it is doing the same thing. Is there a problem on my end? the disk is formatted MS-DOS (FAT32). Does that make a difference? Should I try reformatting it? Thanks
From: None of your business on 7 Jul 2010 07:51 In article <doug-2F7A4D.21485206072010(a)news.astraweb.com>, Doug Jantzer <doug(a)gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > I want to send about 20 GBs of .PDFs to some one. > They are mostly about 500-700 MBs with a few between > 1 and 1.5 GBs. i purchased a no-name 32 GB thumb drive > off eBay, and it stopped copying at just under 3 GBs, > ejecting the disk with a message that it had been > improperly dismounted. > > The Finder can�t complete the operation because some data in �5 > (13201-13700) b� can�t be read or written. > (Error code -36) > > I figured it was a crappy disk. I sent it back and they > refunded my money. > > I then ordered a Kingston brand 32 GB drive... and it is > doing the same thing. > > Is there a problem on my end? > > the disk is formatted MS-DOS (FAT32). > Does that make a difference? Oh, yes. > Should I try reformatting it? > > Thanks FAT32 has problems with large files. Reformat it NTFS or HFS+ and you should have no further problems. For NTFS on a Mac you'd have to install a 3rd-party file system extension such as the (free) NTFS-3G or the (not free) Paragon MacNTFS.
From: Doug Jantzer on 7 Jul 2010 17:37 In article <schram-010FCB.22430706072010(a)newsfeed.aioe.org>, Chris Schram <schram(a)webenet.net> wrote: > In article <doug-2F7A4D.21485206072010(a)news.astraweb.com>, > Doug Jantzer <doug(a)gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > I want to send about 20 GBs of .PDFs to some one. > > They are mostly about 500-700 MBs with a few between > > 1 and 1.5 GBs. i purchased a no-name 32 GB thumb drive > > off eBay, and it stopped copying at just under 3 GBs, > > ejecting the disk with a message that it had been > > improperly dismounted. > > > > The Finder can�t complete the operation because some data in �5 > > (13201-13700) b� can�t be read or written. > > (Error code -36) > > > > I figured it was a crappy disk. I sent it back and they > > refunded my money. > > > > I then ordered a Kingston brand 32 GB drive... and it is > > doing the same thing. > > > > Is there a problem on my end? > > > > the disk is formatted MS-DOS (FAT32). > > Does that make a difference? > > Should I try reformatting it? > > > > Thanks > > Is the Mac you are attempting to copy from an older model that does not > support USB 2.0? I have found that my USB 1.1 Macs are not happy dealing > with flash drives over 2GB. On those older machines I get better, but > not great, results rebooting while the flash drive is attached, and > retrying the copy. No, it's an early 2009 MBP with USB 2.
From: Doug Jantzer on 7 Jul 2010 17:42 In article <bite.me-02AECA.07510907072010@[74.209.136.95.rev.gaoland.net]>, None of your business <bite.me(a)go.away.now> wrote: > In article <doug-2F7A4D.21485206072010(a)news.astraweb.com>, > Doug Jantzer <doug(a)gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > I want to send about 20 GBs of .PDFs to some one. > > They are mostly about 500-700 MBs with a few between > > 1 and 1.5 GBs. i purchased a no-name 32 GB thumb drive > > off eBay, and it stopped copying at just under 3 GBs, > > ejecting the disk with a message that it had been > > improperly dismounted. > > > > The Finder can�t complete the operation because some data in �5 > > (13201-13700) b� can�t be read or written. > > (Error code -36) > > > > I figured it was a crappy disk. I sent it back and they > > refunded my money. > > > > I then ordered a Kingston brand 32 GB drive... and it is > > doing the same thing. > > > > Is there a problem on my end? > > > > the disk is formatted MS-DOS (FAT32). > > Does that make a difference? > > Oh, yes. > > > Should I try reformatting it? > > > > Thanks > > FAT32 has problems with large files. Reformat it NTFS or HFS+ and you > should have no further problems. For NTFS on a Mac you'd have to install > a 3rd-party file system extension such as the (free) NTFS-3G or the (not > free) Paragon MacNTFS. Disk Utility fails when it tries to format the disk to HFS+ (journaled or not). Now what... send it back too? Perhaps get a couple of 16 GBs?
From: nospam on 7 Jul 2010 17:43
In article <doug-F1D151.14425807072010(a)news.astraweb.com>, Doug Jantzer <doug(a)gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > Disk Utility fails when it tries to format the disk to HFS+ (journaled > or not). sounds like it's defective. |