Error 36 - Tiger files have issues on Leopard?

[rupansansei]

Just got a new mac and copied my old files over (just a drag and drop from a copy of my User directory on an external hard drive). Sorted them out a bit, but now I was hoping to copy them on to a different external hard drive since I've been having some Time Machine issues (different story entirely). I really just want to drag my Documents folder onto the HD, but every time I do I get an Error 36 on on of the files at some point. Inevitably these files are Powerpoint projects or iDVD compilations - files that point to other graphics or mp3 files or whatnot. So it cancels the whole copy. I'd be fine with even ignoring those files.

I tried zipping up my docs and copying that over, but even that hangs up saying it can't read/write the data.

Any ideas? Help!

 

[edesignuk]

If the external drive is FAT32 you won't be able to copy any files to it that are larger than 4GB each, as your iDVD things might be.

 

[rupansansei]

I formatted the drive for Macs, so I don't think it's FAT. And the files are all pretty small - the iDVD thing is only 4mb. The powerpoint files are probably bigger than it. The entire zip file of my docs directory is under 800 megs.