Not enough ext. HD space for video - mystery

Hey,
ANyone know why I would get an error message sayign there isn't enough ext HD space.
I am copying some FCE movies from one external scratch disk to another external HD disk. It starts the transfer and then the error after awhile.
Movies total about 35 gigs and there is 450 gigs available. The disk in question is formatted HF extended I believe or whatever that
mac format should be .
Thanks,
Al

Hi Al,
First thing is to tell us exactly what external hard drives you are using, how they are connected and what if any other devices you also have connected to the FW and/or USB ports on your Mac.
Second, please check the format of both drives.  You can do this by selecting the drive icon in the Finder and then doing GetInfo (hold down the command/apple key and press the letter i ... or do File > Get Info).  A window will open and it will specify the format of the drive.  It will also provide other info about the drive including the available space.
A frequent cause of problems like this is if you have a camcorder connected to your Mac via FW at the same time as an external FW hard drive.
Also, some external hard drives (USB or FW) do not seem to like being connected at the same time.

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