Need help with copying files onto external drive

I need help! Trying to copy downloaded movie files from Vuze (which have downloaded successfully) and copy onto external hard drive to view them but it wont let me copy over to the external device. Any ideas how to fix this please???

Can you explain the steps you used, and the error message (or symptom), that says the copy did not work?

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I need help with copying files in java?

hi, i use the following code sample to copy a directory structure and its files.
It copy's the directory-structure, but all the files in it have 0kb as size. except one file.
Here's the code:
public static void copyDir(String source, String target)
String [] listing = new String [0];
FileReader in = null;
FileWriter out = null;
String sourcePath = source;
String targetPath = target;
// Maakt directory onder target directory
File f = new File(targetPath);
f.mkdir();
// Maakt filelist van bestanden in source-directory
f = new File(sourcePath);
listing = f.list();
for(int i = 0; i < listing.length; i++)
f = new File(sourcePath + listing);
if(f.isDirectory())
copyDir(source + listing[i] + File.separatorChar,
target + listing[i] + File.separatorChar);
else
try
in = new FileReader(sourcePath + listing[i]);
out = new FileWriter(targetPath + listing[i]);
int t;
while (-1 != (t = in.read()))
out.write(t);
try { Thread.sleep(200); } catch (InterruptedException e) { }
System.out.println("Copied: " + sourcePath + listing[i]);
catch (Exception e)
System.out.println(e);

Here is a quick copy program that works. You'll need to deal with the exception instead of just throwing it though.
import java.io.*;
public class Copy
private static void copy(String source, String target) throws IOException
    // Create directory
    File file=new File(target);
    file.mkdirs();
    // Get contents
    file=new File(source);
    File[] files=file.listFiles();
    // Copy files
    int length;
    byte[] buffer=new byte[1024];
    for(int i=0; i<files.length; i++)
      String destination=target+File.separator+files[ i ].getName();
      if(files[ i ].isDirectory())
        copy(files[ i ].getPath(), destination);
      else
        FileInputStream in=new FileInputStream(files[ i ]);
        FileOutputStream out=new FileOutputStream(destination);
        while((length=in.read(buffer))!=-1)
          out.write(buffer, 0, length);
        in.close();
        out.close();
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    copy(args[0], args[1]);
}[\code]

Need Help with .nnlp File.............A.S.A.P.

I'm having a problem also with my JNLP file. I have downloaded the program onto one computer and that computer is using j2re1.4.2_04
The other computers I believe are all running j2re 1.4.2_05
I'm not sure if that's make a difference, but on the computer with j2re 1.4.2_05 when going to the site where the .jnlp file is located, the application comes up and says Starting Application. After it gets to that screen it just stays there. I really need help with this as soon as possible.
Here is my .jnlp file listed below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<jnlp
spec="1.0+"
codebase="http://www.appliedsolutions.com/placewiz"
href="Placewiz.jnlp">
<information>
    <title>Placement Wizard 4.0</title>
    <vendor>Applied Solutions, Inc.</vendor>
    <homepage href="index.html"/>
    <description>Placement Wizard 4.0</description>
    <description kind="short">Short description goes here.</description>
    <offline-allowed/>
</information>
<resources>
    <j2se version="1.4+"/>
    <j2se version="1.3+"/>
     <j2se version="1.5+"/>
    <jar href="Placewiz.jar"/>
</resources>
<security>
      <all-permissions/>
</security>
<application-desc main-class="com/asisoftware/placewiz/loader/Exec">
</jnlp>

This was due to a change in 1.4.2_05
the main class attribute
main-class="com/asisoftware/placewiz/loader/Exec">is wrong - it should be:
main-class="com.asisoftware.placewiz.loader.Exec">this didnt seem to mater before 1.4.2_05, but some change in java since then caused this bad class specification to stop loading.
/Andy

Need help with connecting file inputs to arrays

In this assignment I have a program that will do the following: display a list of names inputed by the user in reverse order, display any names that begin with M or m, and display any names with 5 or more letters. This is all done with arrays.
That was the fun part. The next part requires me to take the names from a Notepad file, them through the arrays and then output them to a second Notepad file.
Here is the original program: (view in full screen so that the code doesn't get jumbled)
import java.io.*;       //Imports the Java library
class progB                    //Defines class
    public static void main (String[] arguments) throws IOException
        BufferedReader keyboard;                                  //<-
        InputStreamReader reader;                                 // Allows the program to
        reader = new InputStreamReader (System.in);               // read the the keyboard
        keyboard = new BufferedReader (reader);                  //<-
        String name;                 //Assigns the name variable which will be parsed into...
        int newnames;               //...the integer variable for the amount of names.
        int order = 0;              //The integer variable that will be used to set the array size
        String[] array;             //Dynamic array (empty)
        System.out.println (" How many names do you want to input?");   //This will get the number that will later define the array
        name = keyboard.readLine ();
        newnames = Integer.parseInt (name);                                         // Converts the String into the Integer variable
        array = new String [newnames];                                               //This defines the size of the array
        DataInput Imp = new DataInputStream (System.in);       //Allows data to be input into the array
        String temp;
        int length;                                                                  //Defines the length of the array for a loop later on
            for (order = 0 ; order < newnames ; order++)                                //<-
            {                                                                           // Takes the inputed names and
                System.out.println (" Please input name ");                            // gives them a number according to
                temp = keyboard.readLine ();                                           // the order they were inputed in
                array [order] = temp;                                                  //<-
            for (order = newnames - 1 ; order >= 0 ; order--)                                //<-
            {                                                                                // Outputs the names in the reverse
                System.out.print (" \n ");                                                   // order that they were inputed
                System.out.println (" Name " + order + " is " + array [order]);             //<-
            for (order = 0 ; order < newnames ; order++)                                  //<-
                if (array [order].startsWith ("M") || array [order].startsWith ("m"))     // Finds and outputs any and all
                {                                                                         // names that begin with M or m
                    System.out.print (" \n ");                                            //
                    System.out.println (array [order] + (" starts with M or m"));         //
                }                                                                         //<-
            for (order = 0 ; order < newnames ; order++)                                            //<-
                length = array [order].length ();                                                   //
                if (length >= 5)                                                                    // Finds and outputs names
                {                                                                                  // with 5 or more letters
                    System.out.print (" \n ");                                                      //
                    System.out.println ("Name " + array [order] + " have 5 or more letters ");      //<-
}The notepad file contains the following names:
jim
laruie
tim
timothy
manny
joseph
matty
amanda
I have tried various methods but the one thing that really gets me is the fact that i can't find a way to connect the names to the arrays. Opening the file with FileInputStream is easy enough but using the names and then outputing them is quite hard. (unless i'm thinking too hard and there really is a simple method)

By "connect", do you just mean you want to put the names into an array?
array[0] = "jim"
array[1] = "laruie"
and so on?
That shouldn't be difficult at all, provided you know how to open a file for reading, and how to read a line of text from it. You can just read the line of text, put it in the array position you want, until the file is exhausted. Then open a file for writing, loop through the array, and write a line.
What part of all that do you need help with?

Error when trying to copy files to external drive

When attempting to copy files to external hard drive I get a message " unable to copy some data, error code -36".
How do I find out what that error code is tring to tell me?

Sadly, I have had this issue as well. Last eyar Iit got to the point I couldn't copy at all. From what I recall, Apple told me it could be one of many things. A bad internal drive, bad permissions, a bad external drive, a bad firewire port, a bad cable, bad memory, and on and on. I never did figure it out, but I do know my hard drive did crash a month later. However, having said that, I own a new computer, and last week, it started again. Still have not figured out what is going on. Good luck.

I need help with viewing files from the external hard drive on Mac

I own a 2010 mac pro 13' and using OS X 10.9.2(current version). The issue that I am in need of help is with my external hard drive.
I am a photographer so It's safe and convinent to store pictures in my external hard drive.
I have 1TB external hard drive and I've been using for about a year and never dropped it or didn't do any thing to harm the hardware.
Today as always I connected the ext-hard drive to my mac and click on the icon.
All of my pictures and files are gone accept one folder that has program.
So I pulled up the external hard drive's info it says the date is still there, but somehow i can not view them in the finder.
I really need help how to fix this issue!

you have a notebook, there is a different forum.
redundancy for files AND backups, and even cloud services
so a reboot with shift key and verify? Recovery mode
but two or more drives.
a backup, a new data drive, a drive for recovery using Data Rescue III
A drive can fail and usually not if, only when
and is it bus powered or not

Help copying files from external drive to another external drive

I'm trying to backup the files I have on an external drive and this has turned into ****, I feel I'm a Windows user all over again.
First I tried to encrypt an external drive, just as I've encrypted several others. The solution was to pay for a new OS (10.8.2).
Now I'm trying to drag/drop the files from the old external drive to the new one (Seagate 3TB) and I get this message:
"The operation can’t be completed because the selection contains both backup items and non-backup items."
In a discussion somebody said "Use SuperDuper". I downloaded it but it's an app to make exact backups. I don't want this, I just want to copy files just as I've done in years.
If someone can help me, I'd like to know:
1. What does that message mean? The selection was the files in the old drive. Both backup items and non-backup items?????
2. How can I simply drag and drop the files as I've done all my life?
* I DON'T WANT A BACKUP APP, I DON'T WANT TO BUY APPS FOR SOMETHING SO SIMPLE AS COPYING FILES, SOMETHING THAT A MAC SHOULD DO.
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Thank you.

Hi,
in PowerShell copy is an alias to the Cmdlet Copy-Item. A parameter "NewOrNewer" does not exit. You have to create your script that meets of your needs.
Have a look on the CmdLet Copy-Item
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849793.aspx
I hope that helps you.

New To Mac, How to move/copy files from external drive

Just got my first Mac computer. My music files (about 140 gb) are on an external drive.
When setting up iTunes the process of transfering and organizing the files took over 24 hours--more than twice as long as on my old PC.
I would like to keep the files on the Mac itself. I have plenty of space now, and I think not using an external drive improves performance. Then I could use the hard drive as a back-up, as nature intended.
Problem is, due to my inexperience with Macs I'm stumped as to how to do this.
Any suggestions would be greatly aprecciated!

I believe you would simply copy your iTunes Music folder from your external drive into the main iTunes folder on your Mac, then open Preferences, and in the Advanced section use the 'Change' button next to eh 'iTunes music folder location' window to find your copy of the iTunes Music folder and let your Mac know that's where all your tunes are.
That's pretty much the exact reverse of what I had to do!
Hope that helps (and isn't wrong)!

Need help with moving files?

I now have two challenges. As a new user I need to know how to copy my iTunes files onto a USB stick. I am not sure how to find the files, copy them or anything, the second thing that I need to know is how to remove files from the desktop. While trying to copy these same music files I clicked at the wrong time and now they are all piled up on the desk top. There are 1800 files all piled up. Just want these gone. Thanks for any help.

While trying to copy these same music files I clicked at the wrong time and now they are all piled up on the desk top. There are 1800 files all piled up. Just want these gone.
Click Finder and desktop. Assuming for simplicity that there are only the 1800 files on the desktop that you want to delete them (important that you have saved them somewhere else where you want them) .... click on the first one in the list to highlight it, then move to the last one in the list, hold the shift key and click on it to highlight it. All in between should also now be highlighted. Either drag that group to the trash or right click and choose move to trash. Then empty the trash.
If you want to copy the files on the desktop to the USB stick, follow Niel's instructions above.
On your hard drive, you'll find your itunes library under your user ID / music / itunes

IMovie 6 Why? audio extract, copy file to external drive, delete problems

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+a 10.66G movie where about 99 percent of the clip was deleted still reads as 10.66G even though the clip is only 26 seconds long.
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Welcome to iMovie Discussions ..premature posting of question, methinks. (..without, perhaps, having searched for or read any previous discussion of these or similar topics..)
a - This is the iMovie HD (version 5) Discussion ..there's a separate area for iMovie HD 6 ..but I'll still be happy to answer your questions!
1 - When audio is "extracted", the original clip is simply muted, and a copy of the original audio from it is pasted into a separate audio track below the video. Normally, you'd select an individual clip (or clips) from which to extract (Copy) the audio. If nothing specific is selected, then everything may be extracted.
2 - An external drive must be formatted as 'Mac OS Extended' or HFS+ for iMovie to be able to work with files stored there. It may be formatted in PC (Windows) FAT 32 format, and there may be a file size limit in that format which is incompatible with your Mac operating system. See this page of error codes, where "error -1309 fileBoundsErr: file's EOF offset mark or size is too big" ..that means that the End Of File marker is incompatible with what's being copied. Googling will find other info, such as this discussion, which prompts a handy reminder that your external drive must be connected by FireWire, not by USB, for you to be able to edit and play via the external drive: a USB connection isn't consistently fast enough for playing video.
3 - When you delete part of a clip, in iMovie HD (any version) all the rest of the material is still saved, in case you want to Undelete, or make other alterations which need still having access to the original material. [ This is part of the enhanced "non-destructive editing" which was recently introduced into iMovie. In previous versions, when you deleted something, it was irretrievable! ] That's why the full 10.66GB remains. You could 'Share' (Export) just that 26 sec clip to DV, then re-import it as a new clip, and you could then delete the entire original clip, thus regaining the full 10.66GB of space.
So it's not a premature release: it's a considered, robust, thoughtful release, which now incorporates several solid features which make it more reliable than some previous releases.
Once you get to know how - and why - it works the way it does, you may be glad that it does work as it does.
There are still some bugs in it - many to do with "rendering" ..the rewriting of adjusted video, particularly of adjusted still photos within iMovie - but don't judge it just on a quick first glance!
Hope you find it works for you ..it's a great program, I think.

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I have an external hard drive with my music on it. I created a new playlist in Itunes and did a drag and drop from my external hard drive into my newly created playlist.
Now that I go back and play the items I brought over, I get an error that says "original files not found" and it won't play and therefore does not seem to be syncing to the Ipod to be able to play.
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Is the external drive connected?
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I am trying to copy an ISO file to an external drive. the ISO mounts with TOAST Titanium and the external drive is recognized works fine.
the error says:
Sorry, the operation could not be completed becasue an unexpected error occured. (Error code 0)
is there anything i can do to get around this?
thanks

I think the problem may be in trying to copy an ISO file format. Why don't you convert it to a .dmg in Toast and then try copying?
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Hey guys so here is my dilema. So I have a Lacie 500GB Hard Drive and made the mistake of accidently deleting all my backups.db into the trash but thankfully never emptied that. There was no way to put it back into the backups folder so it caused me a lot of distress. I have decided to grab a portable hard disk instead such as the Western Digital. Heres my thought. I really only want to transfer a few things from the Lacie such as photos, movies, and a few documents from all the backup dates but nothing else. Is there a way to maybe automate so that certain files will transfer over instead of it all?
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On a sidenote, if you have any suggestions for portable, small, lightweight, yet large capacity (at least 1TB) portable hard drives let me know!

Lacie is a Seagate drive
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iGrom
On a sidenote, if you have any suggestions for portable, small, lightweight, yet large capacity (at least 1TB) portable hard drives let me know!
Dont get the WD, currently theyre having some issues with Mavericks ( https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5475136?start=255&tstart=0 ) and aside from this not the drive most here would recommend.
best options for the price, and high quality HD:
Quality 1TB drives are $50 per TB on 3.5" or $65 per TB on 2.5"
Perfect 1TB for $68
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Canvio-Portable-Hard-Drive/dp/B005J7YA3W/ref=sr_1_ 1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379452568&sr=8-1&keywords=1tb+toshiba
Nice 500gig for $50. ultraslim and perfect
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Canvio-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B009F1CXI2/ref=s r_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1377642728&sr=1-1&keywords=toshiba+slim+500gb
2.5" USB portable High quality BEST FOR THE COST, Toshiba "tiny giant" 2TB drive (have several of them, LOT of storage in a SMALL package) $117
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Canvio-Connect-Portable-HDTC720XK3C1/dp/B00CGUMS48 /ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1379182740&sr=1-4&keywords=2tb+toshiba
*This one is the BEST portable external HD available that money can buy:
HGST Touro Mobile 1TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
$88
http://www.amazon.com/HGST-Mobile-Portable-External-0S03559/dp/B009GE6JI8/ref=sr _1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383238934&sr=8-1&keywords=HGST+Touro+Mobile+Pro+1TB+USB+3.0+72 00+RPM
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