How do I transfer data to my mac from a portable hard drive without getting error 36?

I keep getting error 36 when I try to transfer data from my portable hard drive it says unable to read file :-(

Hi, that -36 error can be 2 different things...
For error -36, might try this...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301580
If the drive is Fat32 it can also be caused by Too many files/folders at root of the drive, files over 2-4 GB in Size, or bad characters for DOS.
Well, in pure Apple File System talk... -36 ioErr I/O error (bummers)
Not very helpful, but generally means a Drive quit being Readable or Writable since starting the operation...
http://fuzzy.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/ioerror-36/
Can also be caused by faulty drives or PSUs on the external.
Even possilbe you have Disk errors on the Internal drive.

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