Error message trying to copy files to second hard drive

we have a project, about 100 gig or so, that we want to copy from the external drive it is on, to a second external drive.
the process stopped after a while, with only about 60 gig transfered, with an error message saying "finder error code -36 can't read or write" a particular file (untittled2-7) or something similar...
the file itself appears to play fine form the original drive, and its about 2.7 gig.
any ideas what could be causing this, and what we could do to make it transfer across?
cheers
hugh

Yeah it's pretty easy if you pay attention to the top area of the window.. it will tell you what will happen if you click GO... Just select the files, right click on one of them to select Media manager. Then select copy, and a destination... read that summary to make sure what you're getting ready to do is what you want to do... it's pretty straightforward if you read that summary.
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