ITunes cannot write to my lacie hard disk

I have an iMac G5 that I recently upgraded to 10.4.10. I've had a 160 firewire lacie hard disk for over a year, and all of my iTunes content is stored and called from that device.
beginning today, I cannot add to my library, I am getting an error that says cannot read from or write to that lacie hard disk.
I've tried manually copying the files over via the Finder, and that is yielding an error (error code -36).
any thoughts? I've also had iChat problems since introducing 10.4.10, wonder if that's part of the problem.

I have an iMac G5 that I recently upgraded to
10.4.10. I've had a 160 firewire lacie hard disk for
over a year, and all of my iTunes content is stored
and called from that device.
beginning today, I cannot add to my library, I am
getting an error that says cannot read from or write
to that lacie hard disk.
I've tried manually copying the files over via the
Finder, and that is yielding an error (error code
-36).
Error -36 is an i/o error. This means that you almost certainly have a hardware problem. This might be with the FireWire cable; replace the cable. It might be with a FireWire port on the disk; put the cable into a different port. It might be with the FireWire port on the Mac; try a different port. It might be with the FireWire controller on the Mac; try a different Mac. It might be with the FireWire controller on the disk; put the disk into a different enclosure.
Unfortunately, what it's most likely to be is with the disk itself. I hope you have a backup.
any thoughts? I've also had iChat problems since
introducing 10.4.10, wonder if that's part of the
problem.
Unlikely.

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