Copying file wont work

I am trying to back up my newly organized iTunes Library folder. I can copy the iTunes folder but...........I get this when I try to copy the folders the contain my sound fx and production music. It copies the folder but NOT the files inside. I can select all files in the folder and drag and drop to my backup driver which is a Toshiba 320 gig.
"The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “iTunes Freeplay/SFX” can’t be read or written.
(Error code -36)"
Why will it copy only the folder and NOT the files, but then I can go ahead and copy the files is a separate drag and drop. Thanks for any insight.

One more thing to consider is that the most common reason for an error -36 is a bad block on a drive. The error message never indicates whether the bad block is on the source or the destination drive. Your question was why the error doesn't occur when you copy the folder's contents instead of the entire folder. Well, assuming there is a bad block and that the bad block is on the source drive, you may be intentionally or unintentionally copying fewer files and folders when you copy the folder's contents instead of the entire folder. You can't use the Finder to copy any hidden files or folders in the folder whose contents you're copying. For example, the hidden .DS_Store file can't be copied that way and it might contain the bad block. That same .DS_Store file would be copied when you're copying the entire folder (not just the contents) and would generate the error if it contains the bad block. The same would be true for any visible file that you're intentionally omitting from the copy which just happens to contain a bad block.

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