HFS or FAT HD

Hi all,
I captured some video clips on Panasonic AGHVX 200... I copied the CONTENTS folder as well as Lastclip.Txt file on Mac Pro... Now the problem is that I am unable to copy a video clip to some other HD. Its weird because just one clip is not being copied and the Finder displays a warning: "Cannot read or write... Error code 36"
I have already formatted the P2 card. Is there a way to retrieve the clip? Has it got something to do with the format of the HDs..

Hello,
as a general note you want to stick with HFS journaled file system for your disks, as the MSDOS-FAT will give you the problem managing files bigger than 2Gb... and with video it is not a file size difficult to reach.
Regards,
Armando.

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