PLEASE HELP!!! Error - 36 when copying from powerbook to iMac/Lacie HDs

I'm working on a film and have captured to my powerbook G4 in FCP. I am now trying to transfer my scratch disk to either my iMac (intel 2.4GHz) or my Lacie HD extreme 500 GB / Lacie 250 GB.
When I drag the folder over, it starts copying and then at some point (normally about half way through) it says:
"The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in shot 9 could not be read or written (error cose -36)"
It does this for a number of different files in the folder. I have tried copying them one by one, and a few will copy then I'll get to a file and the same error will occur. The files on the powerbook are intact and open and play as expected. I have tried using my powerbook in TD mode with iMac and linking to both Lacie drives with FW400, FW800 and USB.
I haven't tried copying over my network yet but am reluctant to do this as firstly there is over 30GB of material and secondly I worry about the accuracy of a copy over wifi.
I recently had my logic board replaced on powerbook and have done an erase and install of OSX Leopard and am running 10.5.6 on both machines.
I found very little on these boards about error 36 and so would massively appreciate any help on this - this is my first really important scary project and I have a looming deadline!!!
Cheers

You should use Disk Utility to verify both the source and destination disks. Post the error messages here if you see any.
How is the LaCie formatted? It really should be Mac OS Extended. FAT formatted disks have file size limitations which can cause all kind of problems.

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