I am a Snow Leopard 10.6.2 user using NTFS for Mac 7.0.3. I have 3 harddisk one is WD 500GB(mac fs) and another seagate 500GB(NTFS) both brand new and another Seagate 250GB(NTFS) 1 year old. i will explain below as best i can in sequence (mutually exclusive events):-
1) Seagate 250 copy to Seagate 500: error -36
2) Seagate 250 copy to WD500: OK
3) Seagate 250 to WD500 to Seagate 500: error -36
4) Seagate 250 to Mac Desktop to Seagate 500: Error -36
Error 36: Something about folder already exist issue
Errors stated on arise under following conditions:-
1) A transfer involving a file or more within a folder within another folder(2 Levels)
2) Transfer of folders within another folder.
Error does not arise under the following condition:-
1) A transfer involving a file or more within a folder(1 Level)
2) A Transfer a file or more
3) Transfer of empty folders
In Short, all transfer/writes with 2 levels are having that error. Only arise lately(not more than a month back).
Tried to uninstall and reinstall driver: no effect
Tried formatting all 3 hard disk and tried again(with used of a windows PC as Backup): no effect
Tried formatting mac and reinstalling: no effect
Tried disable last access time: no effect
tried to check permissions: no effect
tried compression: no effect
I hope i have been thorough. please assist me in solving this problem as this issue is defeating the purpose for purchase.
Thank you very much.
Brian
1) Seagate 250 copy to Seagate 500: error -36
2) Seagate 250 copy to WD500: OK
3) Seagate 250 to WD500 to Seagate 500: error -36
4) Seagate 250 to Mac Desktop to Seagate 500: Error -36
Error 36: Something about folder already exist issue
Errors stated on arise under following conditions:-
1) A transfer involving a file or more within a folder within another folder(2 Levels)
2) Transfer of folders within another folder.
Error does not arise under the following condition:-
1) A transfer involving a file or more within a folder(1 Level)
2) A Transfer a file or more
3) Transfer of empty folders
In Short, all transfer/writes with 2 levels are having that error. Only arise lately(not more than a month back).
Tried to uninstall and reinstall driver: no effect
Tried formatting all 3 hard disk and tried again(with used of a windows PC as Backup): no effect
Tried formatting mac and reinstalling: no effect
Tried disable last access time: no effect
tried to check permissions: no effect
tried compression: no effect
I hope i have been thorough. please assist me in solving this problem as this issue is defeating the purpose for purchase.
Thank you very much.
Brian