Can't copy files to PC external drive

A PC-using friend gave me an external drive with AVI files on them. I can copy the AVI files to my desktop from the external drive, but can not save or copy any AVI files to the drive. I can't change Permissions in Get Info to access the drive.
Any ideas 1. Why this is happening?, and 2. What to do?
Thanks

Sounds like the drive is formatted as NTFS. If so, you'll only have read-only access to that drive.
If you need to write to the drive, it will have to be reformatted as FAT.

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Verifying partition map for “G-TECH”
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Checking the partition list
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition’s size
Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
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Volume (Media) - Verify
Verifying volume “Media”
Checking file systemPerforming live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Unused node is not erased (node = 24190)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Unused node is not erased (node = 24784)
Checking volume bitmap.
Volume bitmap needs minor repair for under-allocation
Checking volume information.
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Verify and Repair volume “Media”
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Couldn’t unmount disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Media”
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Couldn’t unmount disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Media”
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Couldn’t unmount disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Media”
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Rebuilding catalog B-tree.
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Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.
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May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in _copyFile:error (2) opening 0.directoryStoreFile
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in recoverIndex:Unrecoverable error: could not recover path index (0.)
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May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in _copyFile:error (2) opening 0.directoryStoreFile
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in recoverIndex:Unrecoverable error: could not recover path index (0.)
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Media
May 10 17:53:40 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoCreate:Tried to create index when index already existed
May 10 17:53:49 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:01: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
May 10 17:54:01 Neil-Cattons-iMac login[1000]: DEAD_PROCESS: 1000 ttys000
May 10 17:54:05 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:35: --- last message repeated 3 times ---
May 10 17:54:38 Neil-Cattons-iMac com.apple.usbmuxd[29]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x7fff799da960): sending attach for device fc:25:3f:7e:2a:19@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe7e:2a19._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
May 10 17:54:38 Neil-Cattons-iMac usbmuxd[29]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x100781000): IPv4
May 10 17:54:46 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:50: --- last message repeated 3 times ---
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in _copyFile:error (2) opening 0.directoryStoreFile
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in recoverIndex:Unrecoverable error: could not recover path index (0.)
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Media
May 10 17:54:50 Neil-Cattons-iMac mds[39]: (/Volumes/Media/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/5E86681D-E756-465C-925C-A631D78C3A46)( Error) IndexCI in CIMetaInfoCreate:Tried to create index when index already existed
May 10 17:54:51 Neil-Cattons-iMac fseventsd[15]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd/fc007480d049964a (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Media/.fseventsd
May 10 17:54:55: --- last message repeated 5 times ---
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 238d0016, actual seed is 7fdcc233
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 2f760017, actual seed is 1befd79f
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 255a0018, actual seed is 41a7c4c9
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 292e0019, actual seed is 6b68079a
May 10 17:54:55 Neil-Cattons-iMac Finder[147]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 2263001a, actual seed is 4e6afb66
May 10 17:55:01 Neil-Cattons-iMac kernel[0]:
I'm now out of ideas and when I got in touch with G-Tech support I got "Unfortunately the drive seems to have been corrupted. You can try to retrieve the data using third party data recovery software such as Data Rescue 3. You can find the software at a discounted rate at the following page:http://www.thedatarescuecenter.com/gtech-data-recovery-software.html If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask."
any help/advice/pointers very much appreciated as I really don't want to have to start recovering again :-(
Thanks all.

Hi Ncat,
I might have had similar problems with yours. Finder stuck at 'Not Responding' while I boot my Macbook Pro with external HDD plugged in, my macbook heats up considerably maybe because it keeps trying to access the external disk. And Finder can only proceed after I unplugged my external hard disk.
So what I did was:
I rebooted my macbook into recovery mode (by holding cmd+R before / during the booting chime
I used the Disk Utility from there (instead of from normal booting)
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Rebooted after everything's done, and now it seems to work.
I hope that it will work for you

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I have a punch of .m4v video files on a 1TB Lacie external drive, but re cently bought two 3TB Seagate drives and wanted to move all these media files over to one of the new drives. Most of the .m4v files moved just fine, but I encountered two different issues in the process that I can't resolve.
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One of the video files, when I try to copy, causes the finder windows to completely freeze requiring a hard reboot of the machine to fix. I can get infomation on the file OK, and can play it off the original drive just fine, but try and copy it and all manners of computer death take place. There does not seem to be a permissions issue, and the file isn't flagged as locked.
This command produces no fruit either: $ lsof | grep videofile.m4v
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This one affects two other files. When trying to move them over, they get approx half way there and then I get a notice that the operation cannot be completed because the files are supposedly in use.
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I also checked the permissions, the locked setting, used the lsof command, etc... no luck.
About 100 other videos copied over just fine.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the response... I tried just now, no luck.
I did at least get an error this time for problem one above before the lock up... lol... error code 36. So far searching for that isn't coming up with any solutions either.

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