Copying files - basic stuff

I want to backup some new music files to an external disk. I've already dragged and dropped my original folders which worked fine. When I tried again (with a few files added to those same folders) instead of just copying the new files, Snow Leopard copied the entire lot again (took hours). As a Windows user before when I tried to copy folders that contained duplicates I could simply respond to a prompt asking me whether or not I wanted to overwrite existing files (if I said no it simply ignored these files and copied the rest - which is exactly what I want to do).
Is there an equivalent in Snow Leopard ?

Well, I've downloaded Carbon Copy Cleaner but instructions on use seem sparse.
My position;
1) The files I want to back up are on an external disk, a Vortexbox music server, in two folders (one for music files in FLAC format, the other for the same in MP3 format). I can quite happily manipulate stuff on it using Finder.
2) The destination I want to back up to is another hard disk, connected to the music server via USB.
So I simply want to be able to back up each folder in turn by copying the entire folder and letting CCC ignore copying any files that are not new or changed.
But I can't see where you can specify source and destination locations in CCC other than it assuming you want to back up files that are on the Mac's own hard disk.
But I'll keep looking . . .

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I have itunes set up on a PC with all my music, apps, etc. I want to stop using PC and move my iTunes and files to a Mac I bought and synch my iPhone with the Mac. Can I just synch iPhone with Mac iTunes and will it copy all my stuff onto Mac, or will I h

I have itunes set up on a PC with all my music, apps, etc. I want to stop using PC and move my iTunes and files to a Mac I bought and synch my iPhone with the Mac. Can I just synch iPhone with Mac iTunes and will it copy all my stuff onto Mac, or will I have to copy files from PC onto Mac?

Here are some of the links to get you started.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3727530?start=0&tstart=0
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
http://www.macworld.com/article/1146958/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

Can no longer move or copy files between drives (not a newbie issue!)

Copying and moving files between internal and external devices, and external to external devices is no longer working.
*For the first time in my life, I get a "Circle with a Bar through it" when attempting to move or copy files.*
This doesn't happen between the two internal drives at all (though I'm worried it might start). It happens between two HFS+J devices as well as HFS+J and FAT32 devices. I can delete files, create folders, and in some instances where things are acting funny, copy to, but not from the device. A noticed side effect that is now happening is that I can no longer move drive icons (CDs, DVDs, HDs) to their upper-right hand corner position on the desktop, if they didn't start there. They don't drop there, just staying where they originally sat (under a list of desktop shortcuts and files). It does not matter if the drives are USB or Firewire, and this never happened previous to about a month ago.
I have done all the basic stuff -- verify/repair drives, reboot multiple times, mount & dismount, change connection ports, backed up-reformatted-and restored the smallest drive, fixed preferences (not at all relevant), Disk Warrior repair the devices, set all permissions to R/W, check all device related infos, researched on-line for a week... Nothing. I have even taken the devices to PCs, where they work perfectly, and as expected.
This issue is apparently either a corruption, or a bug induced by Software Update, in the part of the system that handles files and file structures, or possibly the _USB and Firewire_ interfaces.
I just need to know where all those relevant parts are in the system folders, so I can attempt to restore them from a backup previous to the last "Software Update," (to be sure. And to bring this one step closer to being solved).
A system restore really is not an option, as that would require nearly two weeks of re-tweaking everything from the system to every piece of software included (updating the system about 10 times via software update, reinstalling 90% of the actual software packages... and then updating those multiple times, looking-up all the serials that get killed, etc.)
I have to correct this fast, as we need to move the files from the work drives to the archive drives before we run out of room. So any help would be very appreciated... even if you only know where a few of the system components are located (it just might be one of those, causing the issue).
---TIA

{The last link in this post is most relevant, except for your recent finding.}
The reference was to the User permissions, per each; as when these
become corrupted, the simple 'repair disk permissions' and other
basic duties do not find an error with them. That is because there is
nothing really wrong with them from that standpoint.
Another odd error can happen if one is resizing partitions in an Intel
based Mac, and also if one has or had a BootCamp partition and
wanted to reclaim space. But not always. Thankfully, the only time
I tried Windows on a Mac, the media install disc was corrupted so
it just didn't happen. That was Virtual PC and Windows on PPC.
Tiger brought with it the ability to non-destructively resize partitions.
However, it was not thought to be successful in non-Intel based Macs.
The discussion on that matter came up a few years ago, so someone
has undoubtably tried that in a PPC and reported findings online.
When file sharing between user-account created content runs amok,
then the system(s) will not allow the content to be moved or shared.
So, if any shared user-account created content (including drives
initialized or handled without permissions ignored, clones wrong,
etc) are not the problem, then how does one explain these wrong
ful action circles-with-lines, or action disallowed warning symbols?
There must be a simpler answer. Do you have cats which have
access to your computers in the off-hours? They do keyboard.
Some have been thought to have technical skills outside of the
usual coy and cute play-acting people think they are limited to.
I'm sticking to the cats theory for now; the time is 3:21AM here
and I only am up to get a drink and look outside at +5°F. calm.
Mac OS X 10.4 Help: I can't move or copy a file or folder
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh194.html
• _Rearranging Files (and renaming them)_ InformIT: Mac OS X unleashed
http://www.informit.com/library/content.aspx?b=MacOS_XUnleashed&seqNum=122
It is good to have a backup for the backup; plus a backup Mac.
Good luck & happy computing!
{ edited: was distracted }

Can I use my iPod to copy files from one PC to another?

I recently bought a Mac Powerbook and an iPod, and want to move all my personal stuff off my work laptop (an IBM ThinkPad) onto the Powerbook. Most of my files are photos, Word documents, excel files; only a few are music files.
When I bought the Powerbook, the guy in the Apple shop said I could use my iPod like a hard disk to copy all the stuff over - using a flash drive would take forever!
Was he right? If so, how do I do this? I can't seem to get past the fact that my iPod is now Mac formatted, which my IBM Thinkpad doesn't seem to like!
MacBook Pro 2,1 Mac OS X (10.2.x) i-Pod model MA446ZP

How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer using iTunes7
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer using iTunes6
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304304
Instructions above give the basic steps to use your iPod in disk mode so you can copy other stuff besides the itunes library.
Patrick

ITunes v10.6.1.7 "Copying files failed. The File name was invalid or too long."

I'm trying to organize my music files using iTunes 10.6.1.7 and I keep getting the error message "Copying files failed. The File name was invalid or too long."
I've got music folders by artist in both the iTunes Music folder and the iTunes Media/Music folder. When I add certain files by drag/drop they sometimes get lost and I don't want that to happen anymore. I used to just consolidate my music files using the File/Library/Organize Library option and that worked, however now when I do that, I get the error message.
I'm a novice and the only online stuff I see is both confusing and refers to earlier versions of iTunes.
My concern is that I have heard that people lose entire libraries of their music when they trry to fix things like this and I don't want that. If this is of any importance, I have several files called iTunes library and temp library. I have no idea what that all means but I'm scared to death of it.
Also, I can't get to the "re-organize library" link at all. It won't let me.
One thing that be of some interest is that when I pull up the properties of the music and media/music files they are marked "read only" I'm also afraid to touch that!
Please help and please know that I am a dummy. Be kind and be clear. Step by step would be great, with images even better. Thanks.

Perhaps nobody knows the answer? We're fellow users here answering questions in our free time when we think we've something useful to contribute.
You can choose to *Consolidate selected tracks* with a right-click menu. Perhaps if you can identify a specific track that won't consolidate and examine the full path to the file & the path that iTunes would create when it consolidates the problem might become apparent. For example iTunes may not be able to move files if the source or destination path length exceeds 255 characters.
tt2

FAQ: File Basics: How do I Upload, Download, Share, and Delete files in Revel?

FILE BASICS
     Libraries:
The top level of organization is Libraries
Libraries can contain several albums.
Libraries can have collaborative users that are invited to share. (requires Revel Premium) Invited users have access to add, delete and edit files. They must have a Revel account to do this.
     Albums:
                 Albums contain photos
                 Albums cannot contain other albums
                 Albums can be shared with other users. They can be viewed, but not added or deleted by these users. People who view albums via shared links to not need to have a Revel account.
        *See SHARING topic below.
CREATING LIBRARIES IN REVEL
If you are a premium user, you can create additional libraries in Revel.
CREATING ALBUMS IN REVEL
You can create new albums in your revel library easily to help organize your photos. You can not have albums within albums. (nested albums)
REVEL UPLOAD/IMPORT PHOTOS- copying files to Revel (cloud)
From IPad, Iphone, Mac: Upload to Revel is possible
From a Browser: Upload to Revel is possible
FROM Elements: Upload to Revel is possible
            How Do I upload files to Revel?
REVEL DOWNLOAD/EXPORT PHOTOS FROM REVEL
To Mac, IPhone, IPad: export from Revel is possible (single or group export)
To Android devices: export from Revel is possible (one file at at time)
To computer using a web Browser: export from Revel is possible (one file at at time)
             How Do I Download files from Revel?
DELETING PHOTOS IN REVEL
Deleting a file in Revel removes it from Revel (no devices will see it now) and removed it from the Elements Organizer. It should remain on the device in the original location.
FAQ: How do I delete a file from Revel?
DELETING FILES AND ALBUMS IN REVEL
             FAQ: How do I delete a file or an album from Revel?
EDITING FILES IN REVEL
You can open from and Save to Revel in the editors on mac/iphone/ipad. When you edit, your device will download the full image rather than having just the thumbnail.
FAQ: How do I edit photos in Revel?
SHARING FILES IN REVEL
Collaborative sharing- can be done at the library level only. Other users are invited by email and must be logged into a Revel account to see the shared libraries.
Read/download only sharing- can be done at the album level- a link is sent and the user does not need Revel to view them.
Sharing of individual photos not currently available, creating your own personalized link name is not available
FAQ: How do I share my photos in Revel?

Hello All,
As all you said I have used apache third party jars to upload a file into server.
Thanks for help me out regarding this issue.
But Now what the problem is When I run this locally it is running fine.
When I deploy it on server It is giving the following exception.
SRVE0026E: [Servlet Error]-[UploadLetter]: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/fileupload/FileUpload
these files are in classpath.and successfully compiled but in runtime this is happening
can anyone have any idea on this..??
Please help me out.
Thanks in advance.

I keep on getting this error when i try to copy files to my 2T Time Capsule, Please help im running out of space on my MacBook Pro.... The operation can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50)

I keep on getting this error when i try to copy files to my 2T Time Capsule, Please help im running out of space on my MacBook Pro....
The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50)

I would get an external drive today and copy all your stuff off the TC.. forget trying to load more onto it. There is a good chance after 3years (A 2TB should be only about 2years tops), the disk or the TC itself is on the way out. Do it immediately. If TM is also failing to backup you need to recognise symtoms of impending doom.
Unfortunately the error messages are archane and it is hard to discover their meaning.
You also cannot verify a network drive.. you can verify the TM sparsebundle though so do that.
A5. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Reboot the whole network from off.. certainly if you run later OS it can simply lose the drive..
If you still fail to be able to copy to the TC.. then get that external and copy off it. Tell us if you can do that.

Windows 8.1 Network Share 0x8007003b Error Copying Files

Hi All,
I'm having an issue when copying files from a Windows network share. If the file is above 5MB it will start copying and then after a minute or two I will get an error such as:
Interrupted Action
An unexpected error is keeping you from copying the file. If you continue to receive this error, you can use the error code to search for help with this problem.
Error 0x8007003B: An unexpected network error occurred.
The network share is in a different office and is accessible over a point-to-point VPN, so the connection is not that fast.
But before everyone tells me to start diagnosing the router and or VPN please take note of the following:
My colleague who is running Windows 7 can copy files from the network share fine
If I run a Windows 7 VM on my Windows 8.1 laptop I can copy the files across fine
I also know it isn't an issue with this particular file share. I set up a little lab, where I had one VM which had a shared folder and 2 other client VMs one running Windows 7 and one running Windows 8.1. I limited the bandwidth to the two client
VMs to a similar speed we see across our VPN. The result was that the Windows 8.1 failed with the same error above, whereas the Windows 7 copied fine.
There is also a noticeable difference visually when copying using Windows 8.1 and Windows 7:
Windows 7 - The progress bar progresses smoothly giving the current speed and estimated time remaining
Windows 8.1 - The progress bar progresses in a jumpy fashion. E.g. it shows no progress, then after a minute it jumps and shows 16% progress, then shows no further progress, then jumps by another 18%. There is no estimated time remaining.
I ran Wireshark to investigate what was going on at the network layer. I see the following behaviour:
Windows 8.1 - The file is copying fine then all of a sudden there are a lot of TCP dupack packets. After which the Windows 8.1 client sends a RST packet and then the error pops up.
Windows 7 - The file is copying fine then you also see a load of TCP dupack packets, however no error is displayed and it continues copying fine.
I'd appreciate any help with this I'm hoping there are some settings I can change to make Windows 8.1 behave more like Windows 7!
FYI originally posed here (but was advised to ask on Technet) - https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-files/windows-81-network-share-0x8007003b-error-copying/300bc9a4-597b-402a-b885-9dd6f6fb51a2
Thanks,
Zak

Hi MeipoXu,
Sorry, it has taken me so long to reply. I thought I had subscribed to receive updates on this thread, but I didn't see anything!
I've ran the commands you gave but some of them did not work, I got the following error:
Set global command failed on IPv4 The parameter is incorrect.
However, output of current settings are below.
TCP Global Parameters
Receive-Side Scaling State : disabled
Chimney Offload State : disabled
NetDMA State : disabled
Direct Cache Access (DCA) : disabled
Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level : normal
Add-On Congestion Control Provider : none
ECN Capability : disabled
RFC 1323 Timestamps : disabled
Initial RTO : 3000
Receive Segment Coalescing State : disabled
Non Sack Rtt Resiliency : disabled
Max SYN Retransmissions : 2
To answer your original questions.
Do you mean the file below 5 MB will copy fine ?
5MB is not a hard limit. If the file is small enough it will copy before it errors out. A file of around 5MB or so fails with an error.
Have you tried to copy the files from another Windows 8.1 machine (This will help us to verify whether the issue is casued by the specific machine)?Have you tried to copy another file from the network share to have a check ?
Yes I've tried from another Windows 8.1 machine and have the same behaviour. It is the same with different files from the network share. And the same with different network shares.
I am seeing nothing in the event viewer when the error occurs. I do not believe this to be a VPN issue because I can recreate this situation perfectly. As I mentioned in the original post- I
also know it isn't an issue with this particular file share. I set up a little lab, where I had one VM which had a shared folder and 2 other client VMs one running Windows 7 and one running Windows 8.1. I limited the bandwidth to the two client VMs to a similar
speed we see across our VPN. The result was that the Windows 8.1 failed with the same error above, whereas the Windows 7 copied fine.
Basically, I had virtual machines all on the same local network. One virtual machine was hosting a file share with files on it. I created one Windows 7 VM and one Windows 8.1 VM. Using VMWare Workstation you can limit the network bandwidth to the VMs. When
I did not limit the network bandwidth I could copy all files of all sizes fine. However, when I limit the network bandwidth to a speed of around 30-50KBps, the Windows 8.1 VM fails to copy files with the same error. But Windows 7 VM copies the files fine.
The point of limiting the bandwidth in this way is to create a similar scenario to that I see when connecting over the VPN.
This all leads me to believe there is some sort of issue with copying files from fileshares over slow connections using Windows 8.1.
Cheers,
Zak

How to copy file to another server from database using FTP in oracle

How to copy file to another server from database using FTP in oracle.
Please do the needfaul.

Billy Verreynne wrote:
BluShadow wrote:
Not to mention that some FTP servers can return more than one return message per operation whereas others may return one message for the same operation.I had the problem using the LIST command to determine if a file exists on the server. Cannot be determined via the FTP server's return code. Which means parsing and checking the text response from the server to the command. And this vary from server to server.
But the basics were quite easy to code. The entire package is 500 lines, includes comments and blank lines for formatting, and supports the basic FTP client command set. Not really a complex piece of software to write - but I found that many developers seem to think that writing network socket software is complex. Not really the case...Mine's a big larger, but incorporates functionality similar to what Chris provided in his, such as being able to use SQL to query a remote file using pipelined functions, or functionality to write the results of a query directly to a remove file.
:)

Copying files from local computer to a remote server which is not in Domain and with username and password?

"I have one workstation with static IP, Wants to create batch file to log in to this,using user name and password, copy back up files from that workstation to my desktop with batch file, please help
I am currently using batch file for back up for domain servers with robocopy commands in batch file but one of the workstation is not in domain and has static ip , also it has username and password,
Wants to create batch file on my desktop to log in this server---with username and password,, copy files from particular folder and paste it on my desktop in particular folder or auto create that folder,
please help, "
P Dave

JRV,
I can understand that, 1stly I am not a scripting guy, I know very very basic of this,
2ndly, I need help , I am not asking anyone here to write code for me, I have already wrote that but its not doing which its suppose to do,
check below screen shot, after running suggested script, it has mapped drive ,
now I do not want to do that, I want just files to copy from that machine to my machine, and want script which I can run from any PC,
Tried with UNC PATH as well, but not making any difference, its keep mapping that server drive to my computer
P Dave
JRV,
I can understand that, 1stly I am not a scripting guy, I know very very basic of this,
2ndly, I need help , I am not asking anyone here to write code for me, I have already wrote that but its not doing which its suppose to do,
check below screen shot, after running suggested script, it has mapped drive ,
now I do not want to do that, I want just files to copy from that machine to my machine, and want script which I can run from any PC,
Tried with UNC PATH as well, but not making any difference, its keep mapping that server drive to my computer
P Dave
Bill - he still sees that "connection" although it isn't mapped it is attached temporarily.
P - Log off and log back on and the attached connection will be gone. It is temporary. Again - knowing the basics of WIndows would let you know this.
We have given you all of the answers that are possible. There is no other way unless you have installed things like PowerShell and PowerShell remoting or an FTP server.
If you do use a drive it can be just as easily deleted after you have finished the copy.
Again: "NET USE /?" will tell you all of the options.
Saying you know nothing is not an excuse for not thinking or looking more deeply into the suggestions made by those trying to help you. This is not a MIcrosoft support forum or help desk. It is a forum for admiinistrative scripting and assumes
that those coming here are technically trained or experienced in the basics of Windows technology.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Safely copying files from Target Disk Mode to External USB. Advice?

Just got a new iMac and transferred my system and important files to it from my old iMac. However, a partition on my old iMac has files I want to move to my new iMac so they can be included in Time Machine backups while others I want to move to another external hard drive since I have physical copies of most of those files elsewhere.
I can connect my old iMac to the new via Target Disk mode and copy the critical files from Mac-to-Mac easily and quickly enough. What I want to know is if I’m safe to copy the other files from the TDM-connected iMac to a USB drive.
I’ve read that having other devices connected to your Mac while another Mac is connected via TDM can result in corrupted files. Is this true? Is it unsafe to copy files from a TDM Mac to an external USB drive?
If it is safe, is it best to connect the USB drive to the new Mac or to the old one while it’s in TDM? There’s a lot of data so I’m wondering about transfer times. One method would see files going over Firewire through the new iMac to a USB drive, while the other would go from TDM-connected Mac directly to a USB drive connected to its own USB port. That is:
TDM iMac > New iMac > USB Drive connected to New iMac
or
TDM iMac > USB Drive connected to TDM iMac
I have limited space on my internal drive and I also don’t want to copy-hop from TDM iMac to New iMac then copy from New iMac to USB drive. I'd like to go directly from old drive to external USB drive if it's safe.
So I’m looking for advice on the best way to connect devices in order to cut down on copying time and number of copies, and to do it safely without corrupting data. Any advice is appreciated!

I've used Migration Assistant already to move all of my immediately necessary data and settings over. This other data was on a separate partition and I'm unable to copy all of the data over to my new drive due to lack of space.
Things are complicated by the fact that I need to change some of my externals over to Time Machine ready backups. Previously I was using 1 TB and a 2 TB drive for TM and another 2 TB drive for general backups/archiving. Now I need to juggle things around so that both 2 TB drives are for TM and the 1 TB is used for archiving.
An important point I should have mentioned is that I can't use my old iMac normally due to a GPU problem that seizes the system up. This is the reason I can't just copy stuff directly from old iMac to external USBs.
I'm interested to know if what I described above is safe and if there are any time savings or benefits for copying through my new iMac or connecting the externals directly to the old iMac in TDM.

How to display the file name & status when copying files.

I write a program to backup/copy data from one directory to other directory, and I'm using File List and Runtime.getRuntime().exec("xcopy "+dir1+"\\"+name+" "+dir2+" /y");
to copy the files, so it will copy the file one by one, and everytime one file is copied, I want to display the result to the screen, but guess what has happened, the screen just display a blank screen, and wait until all the copying processes finish, then it will display all files that has been copied.
Appreciate your expertise to check my coding below.
String[] fileList = fbackupSource.list();
boolean done=true;
JTextArea backupText = new JTextArea();
JScrollPane backupScroll = new JScrollPane(backupText,
ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,
ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
JFrame backupWindow = new JFrame("Backup Data");
backupWindow.setBounds(320,240,400,330);
backupWindow.getContentPane().add(backupScroll);
backupText.setText("Copy files from "+backupSource.toUpperCase()+" to "+backupDest.toUpperCase()+" : \n\n");
backupWindow.show();
for (int i=0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
backupText.append(" ("+ i +")... processing " + fileList);
done = copyFile(fileList[i],backupSource,backupDest);
if (done=true) {
backupText.append(" -> done. \n");
else {
backupText.append(" -> fail! \n");
boolean copyFile(String name, String dir1, String dir2) {
try {
java.lang.Process proc =
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("xcopy "+dir1+"\\"+name+" "+dir2+" /y");
proc.waitFor();
return true;
catch (IOException e) {
return false;
catch (InterruptedException e) {
return false;

Oops, sorry, I should have written "Process.getInputStream()". Here's an example from:
http://javafaq.nu/tips/opsys/index.shtml
==============
How can I pass a string to the command line(DOS) ? Also i want to capture the output given by the command line in a string.
Answer: Try this out:
// works for DOS
String cmds[] = new String[2];
cmds[0] = "dir"; // replace with "ls" on UNIX
cmds[1] = "c:"; // replace with "/" on UNIX
// execute the command
Process pro = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmds);
// wait until it's done executing
pro.waitFor();
// what did the process output from the Input pipe back to
// this process (okay, who named this stuff)?
InputStream out = pro.getInputStream();
// output it (really slowly)
int i;
while ((i = out.read()) != -1) System.out.println((char) i);==============
Although I don't think this example will do exactly what you want... you might have to delete the waitFor() call and just check to see when there's nothing else to read from the InputStream. It's a start, though, and the web page has a lot of similar examples of this sort of thing.
Yours,
Tom

Time Machine trying to randomly copy 26gb of stuff

So my time machine was taking a rather long time so i looked at it and it said it needed to copy 26gbs of stuff. I have not even been on my computer since the last backup an hour ago. I cancelled it and tried again same thing. I was trying to figure out where that extra space came from, especially because my hard drive seems to be a lot more filled up than usual. And i dont know if this helps, but when i go to macintosh HD, and get info on users, it says 132gb, but when i click on users, the only user is me, and that is 90gb. Where is that 40gb? I viewed hidden files and nothing else was in there out of the norm. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

I'd suggest going through both Time Machine FAQs & Time Machine Troubleshooting.

Copying files need "permission" to be transferred?

Alright so I lost one macbook but all my files were backed up. When I go to retrieve them with a new macbook I can see all of them (their HD movies about 120) my plan was to plug the laptop into the time machine for a fast transfer of the hd movies to the macbook itself. That works and I can see all 120 movies.
Next I plug the laptop into a windows computer and share the folder with all the movies so the windows computer can copy them...Not to long into the copy process the movies a majority can't be copied and I have to skip them while others are being transfered because I "need permission from (laptops name then few random looking numbers/letters)"
Only 44 of the 120 movies were transfered sucessfully to the windows computer.
I need help please, thanks guys!

When you copy files from a TM to a different computer from the original the file permissions can be messed up.. there are several ways to fix it.. the simplest I found was to simply copy the files from one location to another .. a separate partition or drive would be better.. even back to the TC as a file.. and let the windows computer then pick it up from there.. If the files were purchased then the copyright may stop you copying. Or at least opening it.. the movies that you cannot copy.. can you actually open and play them on the Mac??
I found pondini's knowledge base enourmously helpful doing this stuff.
http://pondini.org/TM/5.html
Actually there is s whole lot in the FAQ about recovery.. but disk permission is also there.
I have copied corrupted backup to another location and been able to recover files from it. It was slow and painful operation but it did work.
Even if the first copy fails .. have another try.. and try moving the copied files back to the TC into a directory created for them.. make sure you don't have users set on the TC and open guest access so the windows computer can copy them.

Copying files from Mac to PC network shared drives.

Copying files from Mac to PC network shared drives.
We have shared mounted drives in AIX Fusion that we can pull files from and copy to the mac, however we can not copy files from the mac to the drives.
“Error in user parameter list (-50)” With MS DOS-Formatted Volume.”
The drives are mapped on the mac using SMB. We can go to the files on the mac and use “save as” and this works and saves them on the shared drives.
We can not drag and copy them to the shared drives. Every time it fails and we get the above error. We can create folders but not move any files.
When we look up the error, it is referring to certain characters that can but used in a Max OS X filename and are not allowed in MS-DOS filenames. We are not using any of the characters not allowed.
The drives have all the basic set up in AIX, RWC. All the PC's we have can drag files to and from all our shared drives.

Either install software which enables the Mac to write to NTFS drives, or MacDrive on the PC, or reformat any drives you'll be using to share files between the computers as either FAT32 or exFAT.
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Copying files - basic stuff

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