Lightroom 2.7 suddenly won't allow importing

I've been using a legally purchased copy of Lightroom 2 for a couple of years now with no problems, until one day a couple months ago the program won't allow the import of any new photos.
The error message I get says simply "Some import operations could not be performed. Could not copy file(s) to the requested location."
I've tried going through the settings, importing different photos, starting a new catalog, everything I can think of. It's such a bonkers problem, but if anyone has any advice or has heard of anything like this before, I'd be so grateful to hear about it.

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