Finder Nonresponsive After Copy Error - Best Plan of Action?

The following happens on my system frequently. I am running 10.5.8.
Any help in understanding why this happens, and more importantly, what is the best course of action to take when it does, would be greatly appreciated.
I ask the Finder, via drag-and-drop, to copy a folder containing tens of gigabytes of data, from one, usually external, hard drive to another, usually external, hard drive.
The Copy window opens, reports the appropriate amount of data to be transferred, and the blue progress bar proceeds as expected. Partway through the process, the Finder returns a copy error, which states something like (I apologize for the paraphrase, but I do not have the exact message in front of me at the moment.) "The file [specified name of file] contains data that cannot be read or written." I click the "Ok" blue button (the only option provided). The error window disappears, and the Copy window is left, but the copy process does not continue, or at least the window does not indicate that any activity is happening. If I click the grey "x" button in the Copy window to stop the process, nothing happens. Even if I wait several hours after clicking the grey "x" button, nothing happens.
Trying to drag any of the hard drives connected to the system (whether they are the drives from or to which the data is being copied) results in an error message indicating that the drive is in use and cannot be unmounted.
Trying to shut down the system via the Apple menu usually results in no apparent activity. Other times, a message will eventually appear indicating that the Finder is preventing shutdown.
Attempting to relaunch the Finder via Force Quit results in the desktop items disappearing, but the Finder not quitting (the blue light remains below the dock icon). At times, I have been able to use Spotlight to run Terminal to attempt command line shutdown instructions, to no avail, and to attempt command line Finder termination commands, also to no avail.
The only action that results in a predictable, effective response is holding down the power button until the system shuts off. This, of course, is not ideal in terms of the hard drive data.
There are no known issues with the files being copied. For example, upon rebooting the system, I can copy the files without generating an error.
Can anyone provide any insight as to what is happening, how to prevent it from happening, and what to do when it does happen?
If more information will help, I will gladly try to answer any questions.
Thank you.
RDFrelay

Some additional information: The error message reads as follows: "The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "(file name)" cannot be read or written." It also says "Error code -36".
Using Force Quit to ask the Finder to relaunch results in a blank desktop (everything except the Dock is gone).
Again, there is nothing wrong with the file that is named in the error.
Does anyone know what is going on and how to resolve it?
Thanks.
RDFrelay

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