Error -36 Copying from NTFS Ext HDD to new IMac ver10.6.2

Last Saturday I purchased a new Imac27. I was told that I could copy files directly from my NTFS formatted external hard drives with no issues. This was true until I tried to move large .avi files (3-9GB)
When I copy these files to the Imac, the copy process begins and proceeds till the very last second and then pops up a window saying the there was an error -36 copying the file.
I proceeded to try many things. I tried copying folders, combinations of folders, individual .avi files and all had the same result. I can open and play the .avi files from beginning to end on the Imac from the external hard drive. I can connect the external hard drive to a PC and copy the .avi files off perfectly. The files are in tact and ok.
Interestingly enough, my wife has an older macbook running ver 10.4.11. I decided to connect the external drive to it and try to copy the same .avi files. It worked perfectly - no errors.
I talked with Apple and they indicated to format my external drive (which was not the help I was looking for). I will call back tomorrow and share what I learned today and escalate this issue to a higher level tech.
To me, these seems like a bug that is specific to .avi files (maybe large .avi files?)
Has anyone else had this experience?
Anyone know a fix?
Thank you,
Dan

Thank you for the info. Do you have any idea when there may be an update that resolves this issue or is Apple is aware of it?
I downloaded and tried "Forklift". It didn't work. What I got was the file copied (I just put it on the desktop) up until the last second. A icon (somewhat generic) was on the desktop at the file was copying. At the end of the copy process, the file simply disappeared.
I will try the command line tomorrow. It's been a long time since I used the command line but that video is very helpful. Hopefully that will work.
Dan

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