Problem copying mp3s to SD Card

Greetings, all...
I just purchased a new phone with a SD card (4GB) and copied some MP3 songs to it. The problem is that, after copying, the MP3s are in place but so are 4K files of the same name as the "real" MP3 files. I have to go into the phone and manually delete these small files.
What's the matter here?
Any help would be appreciated...
Clinton

They seem to be exactly the same - I've already deleted the 4k files, so I don't know that for certain. I did, however, find a utility that I think will help me: Blue Harvest at http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest4/. They have a 30-day trial and, if it works, I'll buy it
I'm just dragging the files to the card - I, too, have just dragged files to a FAT disk and had no problems. But this even has a DS_store (or whatever it's called) on the card now as well!
I'll try Blue Harvest later in the day and let folks know if that works well.
Thanks,
Clinton

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