External Hardrive Error. Files Wont Transfer

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  1. spooks, Feb 15, 2011

    spooks macrumors newbie

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    Im useing a LaCie external hardrive, connecting through Firewire 800 on my iMac running OSX 10.6

    When I connect the drive, it mounts fine, and I can read files, run applications and watch videos that are on the drive with no issue. However, whenever I try to put a file on the drive or take one off I get the message:

    "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003)."

    I tried to open disk utility to get a closer look, but it just crashes before it finishes opening. This is happen wether or not the external is connected.

    No idea whats going on here, and I cant find anything relating to externals when i look up this error. Ideas?
     
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  2. Intell, Feb 15, 2011

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    What format is the drive? HFS+, NTFS, or FAT32?
     
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  3. GGJstudios, Feb 15, 2011

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    FAT32 (File Allocation Table)
    • Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
    • Maximum file size: 4GB.
    • Maximum volume size: 2TB
    NTFS (Windows NT File System)
    • Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
    • Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
    • To Read/Write/Format NTFS from Mac OS X: Install NTFS-3G for Mac OS X (free)
    • Some have reported problems using Tuxera (approx 33USD).
    • Native NTFS support can be enabled in Snow Leopard, but is not advisable, due to instability.
    • AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support NTFS
    • Maximum file size: 16 TB
    • Maximum volume size: 256TB
    HFS+ (Hierarchical File System, a.k.a. Mac OS Extended)
    • Read/Write HFS+ from native Mac OS X
    • Required for Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner backups of Mac internal hard drive.
    • To Read/Write HFS+ from Windows, Install MacDrive
    • To Read HFS+ (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
    • Maximum file size: 8EiB
    • Maximum volume size: 8EiB
    exFAT (FAT64)
    • Supported in Mac OS X only in 10.6.5 or later.
    • exFAT partitions created with OS X 10.6.5 are inaccessible from Windows 7
    • Not all Windows versions support exFAT. See disadvantages.
    • exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table)
    • AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule do not support exFAT
    • Maximum file size: 16 EiB
    • Maximum volume size: 64 ZiB
     
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