Error -36. Can't copy files from Internal to External HD. Need Help!

*So I am having difficulty with transferring files from my internal hard drive to any of my external hard drives. Especially when it comes to media files. It keeps giving me an error saying:*
+"The Finder cannot complete the operation because some of the data in *** could not be read or written. (Error code -36)."+
*So I looked up online on what could fix it, and I came across DiskWarrior. I bought the application and ran the software, and did a Check & Repair Disk Permissions for my internal HD as well as my external HD. Everything seemed fine on my external HD, but when I did a diagnostic on my internal, I got this information:*
+DiskWarrior scanned the disk named "Macintosh HD" checking all ﬁles and folders for damage and potential+
+compatibility problems.+
Permissions:
+Started verify/repair permissions on disk disk0s2 Macintosh HD+
+Group differs on "tmp", should be 80, group is 0+
+Permissions differ on "tmp", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are drwxrwxrwt+
+Permissions differ on "Library/Application Support/ProApps/Internal Plug-Ins/BrowserKit/iLife.bkplugin/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are lrw-rw-r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BrowserKit.framework/Versions/A/CodeResources ",+
+should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- ,+
+they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/DVD.frappliance/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSettings.frappliance/+
+Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSources.frappliance/+
+Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Movies.frappliance/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Music.frappliance/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Photos.frappliance/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Podcasts.frappliance/+
+Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/TV.frappliance/Contents/+
+CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Versions/A/CodeResources", should+
+be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ProKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/+
+LeopardPanels.bundle/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--+
+Warning: SUID ﬁle "Applications/Utilities/ODBC Administrator.app/Contents/Resources/iodbcadmintool" has been+
+modiﬁed and will not be repaired+
+Warning: SUID ﬁle "Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/Resources/installAssistant" has been modiﬁed+
+and will not be repaired+
+Warning: SUID ﬁle "Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/kcproxy" has been modiﬁed and+
+will not be repaired+
+Warning: SUID ﬁle "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources /+
+DiskManagementTool" has been modiﬁed and will not be repaired+
+Warning: SUID ﬁle "usr/sbin/pppd" has been modiﬁed and will not be repaired+
+Warning: SUID ﬁle "usr/sbin/vpnd" has been modiﬁed and will not be repaired+
+Finished verify/repair permissions on disk disk0s2 Macintosh HD+
+Disk: "Macintosh HD"+
+The Property List data was checked in 10,980 ﬁles.+
+The Resource Data was checked in 11,114 ﬁles.+
+The maximum Folder Depth on this disk is 22. This does not exceed the maximum recommended depth.+
+The System Symbolic Link Files were found to be damaged and could not be repaired. The damaged system symbolic link ﬁles are listed below.+
+Location: "Desktop"+
+Folder: "tmp"+
+This folder pointed to by a System Symbolic Link File is missing.+
+Location: "Macintosh HD/private/"+
*From my own knowledge, it seems that I am having an issue with the permissions of the files. I tried repairing them, but it seems DiskWarrior can't repair the files due to the fact that they are either not repairable or they are missing. I hoping I don't have a hardware issue with my HD cause it seems like the issue can't be fixed via software. I have also tried backing-up my drive with Time Machine, but it won't let me do that either. Here are the things that I have tried up until now on how to fix it, and have failed:*
1. Reformatted External HDs to be "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)"
2. Used DiskWarrior and did a Check & Repair Disk Permissions
3. Tried manually changing file permissions.
*If anybody knows how to fix this, besides using the methods I have already tried, please let me know! Thanks!*

First, the permissions messages are not errors. They cannot be repaired. They are innocuous and can be ignored.
Second, Error -36 is not a permissions error. Usually it is related to trying to copy files to a non-OS X formatted drive such as trying to copy a file larger than 2 GBs to an MSDOS formatted drive. The error may also arise when the file being copied is corrupted or has a filename with too many characters or a filename using illegal characters.
The error may occur when trying to sync an iDevice or an iDisk. It also may occur when trying to transfer files from a Mac to a PC over SMB-mounted network storage.
Error -36 is an I/O error. For more see I-O error -36 « fuzzybrain|daisychain|blogdrain.

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