Can not read or write to disk for itunes

I started getting this error.
attempting to copy to the disk elvia's iphone failed. the disk could not be read from or written to. What do you think this is?

I have tried this several times.
I have done a hard reset on the iPhone
I have restored the software
I have reinstalled iTunes.
None of it is working. It seems to be syncing some things and not others. For instance it won't sync anything related to safari, but does seem to sync my podcasts just fine.
What is up with this?

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Can not read or write to disk (error -36)

I have an additional internal SATA 250GB Drive that is partitioned into "Videos" 135GB and "Music" 100GB.
Everything has been working fine until recently. The "Music" drive (where my itunes library is stored) will no longer let me copy a file and gives me an error that reads "The finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "file name" could not be read or written. (error code -36)
I have verified and repaired the disk, but it wont let me repair permissions because it's not the boot drive i guess. "Video" still works fine. "Music" has 1.46GB available.
Let me know if i should move this to Tiger discussion.

I am so glad to hear I am not the only one. About 4 weeks ago, I started getting this issue as well. However, I would get it while making copies of folders onto the same hard drive, any of my 10 external drives etc ... I took my Dual 2.0 (June 2004) and they said my hard drive was bad. They gave me a new drive and logic board, but still had the issue. Went out and bought ALL new cables. Still ahve the issue. I even have the issue on three new external drives! I wish I had an aswer, but I am still confused.
I get the same error code message as well.
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I have transfered videos to my ipod in the past but I have two tv shows from the Itunes story that won't transfer.
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I've got this problem too. My 5g iPod 30gig syncs after about 3 minutes with iTunes then after loading songs and videos after 10 minutes i get the same message your getting - "Can't Read Or Write to disk". I think theres some kind of USB2 conflict or something. All my other USB devices work fine. All my drivers and software is up-to-date.

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See this article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301267.

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hi...
got my husband a 16g nano and i'm trying to sync his songs. i have the newest version of itunes installed. it put almost half of the songs on the nano and all of a sudden itunes has an error that says something about "can't write to nano. disk is not readable or writeable." i can view the nano contents, but i can't add to it and it will not let me sync it anymore.
does anyone have any suggestions? thanks!

thanks jason,
i looked at the tips page you suggested and i tried it again on my new laptop and it still won't work. i'm going to try to restore it and then put it on the laptop again, hopefully that will work.
the odd thing is it will start to sync and it comes up with the error message about half way through syncing (half the songs do make it to the ipod.) why can't it sync the whole way?? i'm perplexed.

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Ipod dialog comes up " . . will not read or write to disk"

Strange! Right after uploading the ITunes upgrade of 7.1.1, I can't complete syncing my ipod. Same problem on my 30gb and 80gb. There is plenty of room on the ipod disk, but the download always stops short and the dialog box comes up on my Mac. I've tried resetting as well as restoring. What the heck happened? Is there a problem with 7.1.1
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See if this troubleshooting article helps.
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from or written to error syncing iPod in iTunes.
Jeff,
Thanks for your reply and the reference link. I actually had one corrupted itunes TV show download that was causing the problem. I repurchased and viola!
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Can't read or write to disk...

I know that there are a lot of similar posts out here, but they all seem to die out without a straight answer. But anyways, my problem is that about halfway through a sync, an error message pops up and says
"Device _ cannot sync: disk cannot be read to or written to."
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i bought my touch yesterday and i bought a show season..i can only get 4 eppisodes (and this is with unplugging and starting over inbetween) once the four are on there it just erases them all and i have to start all over..inbetween each eppisode it throws that message up..i called apple today and they acted like they never heard of such a thing...then i google the issue and they have an article on their website that is supposed to stop all of this and it did nothing. <Edited by Moderator> I have googled this issue and there are so many threads on so many websites this is rediculous...i could see if it was the 1st gen ipod but this is like the 10,000 ipod they have released...someone told me to download imTOO ipod computer transfer which is all good but now i cant transfer my itunes files to that program to get it on my ipod...hopefully someone comes up with something soon

Can't read or write some files, internet is failing, youtube won't load, software I tried to install was in Slovenian, not dutch or english like in my systempreferences settings, pictures and files won't preview with spacebar, etc. Malware?

Specs:
iMac 10.8.5
3,4 GHz Intel Core i7
32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Can't read or write some files, internet is failing, youtube won't load, security software I tried to install was in Slovenian, not dutch or english like in my systempreferences settings, pictures and files won't preview with spacebar and are randomly corrupted, when I entered something in the Youtube searchbar (when it was still working) it send me to a site with sexadds.
I tried restart my iMac and when I was logged back in, my dock preferences were reset.
Also tried to download some security software to check my Mac for malware, but when I did, I tried several, I got a notification that said something like 'dumpfiles (don't know if this is the right translation...) damaged'.
I'm taking screenshots from all the weird notifications I get and even three quarters off the screenshots I took in the last three hours are already unreadable.
It started this morning when I tried opening a Premiere Pro file on which I worked the night before.
When I tried opening it, it said the file was damaged and could not be openend.
I tried opening it with AE or importing the file in a new project but nothing helped.
When I tried looking for autosaves, this is the really weird part, there were none.
Even though there are autosaves from my other projects, this one was completely gone.
It looked like the day before never happened on my computer.
Also when I openend Premiere all the recent projects had been wiped.
So at first I thought it was a Premiere Pro failure.
But than, later on the day, I tried loading some RAW files from my compact flash card.
This is where I would get an error (error -36) which said some data cannot be read or written.
I tried importing the files with a view different technics, from dragging to importing via Lightroom and I succeeded with Image Browser.
But when I tried moving the files to an other folder the same error occurred.
While dealing with this issue I wanted to put on some soothing music on youtube.
This is when the next weird thing occurred: youtube wasn't completely loading in Chrome. I refreshed a view times, checked the internet connection and still no difference.
When I tried in Safari it did work but when I clicked enter on the searchbar in Youtube, a page with sexadds appeared (I didn't install AdBlock in Safari...).
I read about this 'phishing' where you are redirected to a site were a possible malware installment can take place...
I don't know if it's connected to any of the problems I've been having but I just never experienced this on a mac, I have been a Mac user for 10 years now.
On top of it all, internet started working worse and worse and now it's not even working at all. I had to fill in the password over and over, normally it remembers.
Just like my system preferences, all the preferences I had with Chrome where also reset.
Also somewhere in between I got this notification: Mac OS X must restore library to run programs. Type your password to allow.
To me this is all very weird and suspicious. I have clearly no idea what's going on. Could this be another sort of trojan horse or malware?
Some background info which could be helpful for solving this mystery:
two months ago the one year old Fusion Drive in my iMac just broke out of nowhere.
I got it replaced by a qualified apple repair store.
When I got my computer back, all the files where gone.
I got on the internet without AdBlock installed yet.
A game or whatever it was, can't clearly remember, got installed by accident.
I deleted it immediately.
Only two weeks later, I couldn't log in to my account. It didn't recognize my password and username.
So I brought my mac back to the store.
Here the repair guy said it was a minor thing and he just needed to reconnect my account. He also mentioned he found a downloaded game name Sparta and it probably had something to do with the error.
I asked him; could it be a virus? He replied no way.
I don't know why I couldn't be a virus, just because it's a mac doesn't mean it cannot be done.
So today I tried installing anti virus software (such as avast- was in a weird language looked like slovenian, clamxav - was in slovenian) but I couldn't install them.
PLEASE help me! I don't know what to do anymore, I work fulltime and I need my computer, I have no time to bring it in for repair, are there other perhaps easier ways?
Could this be the work of a virus or a malware? Or is it a disk permissions issue?

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http://www.adwaremedic.com/kb/hackedrouter.php
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The iPod can not be synced. The disk could not be read from or written to.

I try several time to send my song list from libraly to iPod. But it's show me that " The iPod can not be synced. The disk could not be read from or written to. "
About this problem i try to do manythings follow some reply for advice me. but i still got problem. and i try to check something in my PC and found something wrong. i go to properties of disk drive and go to hard ware that show me all hard drive i have include Apple iPod USB Device. i go to properties for check it and see
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Sorry to see your having these issues Jihant. Posted below I have some links that may assist you with your troubleshooting steps.
One of the first things you may want to look at is
1. Download and Install latest iTunes Software. You should have iTunes 7.2
2. You stated earlier you did the 5 Rs. So you have done a Reset and Restore. I would give it one more shot after you upgraded iTunes as needed.
If this still does not resolve the issue. Try copying songs over 1 at a time. Do not copy over a playlist. Then try a new play list all together. Create a new playlist.
You can also take a CD you may have and put import songs into iTunes then see if those songs will copy over.
You may also create a new user and open up iTunes in a new user and import a cd with some songs and see if the same issue occurs.
You can also try
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305136
And if this still does not work for you. You may want to try another computer.
or if the above article does not resolve the issue
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93976
If this still occurs please call Apple for further assistance
1-800-275-2273

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http://www.adwaremedic.com/kb/baddns.php
http://www.adwaremedic.com/kb/hackedrouter.php
If investigation shows that this is not a network-specific issue, then it's probably adware. See my Adware Removal Guide for help finding and removing it. Note that you mention AdBlock as if it should have prevented this, but it's important to understand that ad blockers do not protect you against adware in any way. Neither would any kind of anti-virus software, which often doesn't detect adware.
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(Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com, in the form of buttons allowing for donations. Donations are not required to use my site or software.)

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