Cannot delete a file on an external HARD disk

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  Hello

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  I suggest you to take the permissions of the drive and check if it helps.

  Follow the steps from the link below that would help you to take possession of the car.

  How to capture a file or a folder in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

  Hope this information is useful.

• Invisible recent files on the external HARD disk

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  For any question on Windows 7:

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  You are in the Vista Forums.

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• Cannot transfer files to an external hard drive to a second and the error is "error copying file or folder. "Impossible to copy ' file/folder name.

  Original title: cannot transfer files to one external hard drive to another

  An error message is displayed: "error copying file or folder." Impossible to copy "file/folder name. "The destination folder is the same as the source folder.

  Peter Tiedemann

  Hi Peter,

  Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

  From your problem description, I understand that you are unable to transfer files from an external drive on another drive. Please let me know if this isn't the problem that you are experiencing.

  Before troubleshooting, I have little information on the issue.

  1. Do you receive any error or display message?
  2. Did you recent hardware or modifications to the software on the computer before this problem?

  Try the methods and then check after each method:

  Method 1: Transfer files from a drive to the location on the desktop or a temporary folder and then try to transfer them to the destination disk.

  Note: make sure the free space on the disk in the destination drive.

  Method 2: Run the Fixit:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/windows_file_and_folder_diag/

  Method 3: Disconnect your player safely, and restart the computer. And then try to transfer the files.

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• I want to transfer my files to my external hard drive free windows click on my mac, it recognizes the drive but I can't nothing or see the files. Any help is appreciated

  I need to transfer my files to my external hard drive free windows click on my mac.  I can see the drive but cannot do anything or transfer.  any help is appreciated.

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  What happens when you try to use it?

  How the drive is formatted?  Is it encrypted?

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• Files missing after moving iMovie events from local disk to external HARD disk. Are they lost?

  Hi all

  Tonight, I tried to clear up little space on my local HARD drive and wanted to spend my events/projects of the iMovie local library to an external HARD disk, which I connected via firewire 800.

  I opened iMovie (v10.1 - current version with all updates installed). I clicked on an event to highlight and then the FILE--> COPY OF LIBRARY of selected EVENTS.

  There, I sailed on the external drive and created an iMovie new library called ReWatch2015. I copied successfully eight different events, including files from my external hard drive.

  The ultimate goal is to get rid of them on the HARD drive internal, I highlighted the 20 remaining events I wanted to move and then used the FILE--> MOVE of EVENTS at the LIBRARY and specified ReGen_2015.

  It seemed at first glance to move. In fact, he seemed to move too darn fast in my opinion. When I looked at home in the library of the external drive, they were nothing more than a string of question marks, with a message telling me that particular item is not found and re-import the original clips. It's impossible because I have not kept the original source material on my internal drive. I had asked before if they are preserved in the library of iMovie and told me Yes, so I that's why I deleted the original source material.

  Don't see no activity on the disks, I did the cmd - Z to go back. Events have now shown upward into the iMovie library internal. HOWEVER, they still have the question mark, with msg on reimport. What is scary, is that if I go to ALL projects of them have visible thumbnails. Yet, when I click on any of these thumbnails to load the project into the editor, I am back to the page of question mark again.

  Are the file on drive HARD internal, and they just disassociated projects, or two-thirds of my library of events of 2015 are now toast? I was not under any type of backup Time Machine to be able to recover them, and frankly, if they left, it is not the end of the world since I was of the .mp4 displayed on Vimeo. But, I would just assume the iMovie library intact if possible.

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  Robert

  Hi Robert

  Am having exactly the same problem on a new iMac 2016 running El Capitan: when I want to MOVE events such as you describe it, they sometimes get lost in the original library, both in the target library. Like you, I noticed that a such attempt to move just a very short time even if several GB of data play a role. Sometimes however, iMovie is able to move successfully. I my case, I had to re - import events so lost since an additional backup, I got on another external drive that I couldn't find the clips 'lost' on the HARD drive more. Very scary!

  I think it's an iMovie/El Capitan question which could be corrected with future updates. The only solution I've found is to the events of the FIRST COPY, and then check if the target is really OK and only then select the MOVE option, which will remove the original library to free up space. In addition, I plan to copy on a regular basis my library full iMovie on an extra disk to backup using the finder.

  Did you find anything in the meantime?

  Morgy

• WMP NOT ME LETS NOT RECORD SOME MUSIC FILES ON MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE I ADDED IT IN ORGANZE AND AN ERROR POPS UP IT CANT RIP, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SONGS HE USED TO STORE THEM THERE BUT IT WON'T SAVE TO THE FORMAT MP3, FORMAT OR ANY SIZE

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• Error "0 x 80070091: the directory is not empty ' when I try to delete a folder on my external hard drive

  Original title:

  When I am trying to delete a folder on my external hard drive I get the error code following error 0 x 80070091: the directory is not empty

  Hello

  1. are you having the same problem even if you connect the external hard drive to another computer?

  2 have you made any changes to the computer, before the show?

   
  Method 1:
   
  Start your computer in safe mode and then try to delete the folder.
  Start your computer in safe mode
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode
   
  Method 2:
   
  Appropriating the folder and then try to delete it.
  Appropriating a file or a folder

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659.aspx

   
  Note: The link above also applies to Windows Vista
   
  Method 3:
   
  Check the external hard drive to find errors.
  Check your hard drive for errors
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/check-your-hard-disk-for-errors

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• I can't find my external hard drive under 'Computer' but it appears in "Devices and printers" How can I access files on my external hard drive?

  I can't find my external hard drive in "computer".

  I just bougth a new HP computer running Windows 7.  I just copied a bunch of movie files, music and photo of my old Mac (OSX Leopard) on a Western Digital external hard drive.

  I plugged the external drive in my HP via USB 2.0 on the front of the computer.  Windows recognizes the drive.  She appears in the Panel of external control/hardware and Sound/devices and printers as "HARD disk".

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  Hello ShamedMonkey,

  Thank you for your message.  The problem you are having is because of differences in formatting between PC and Mac.  You can, however, transfer your files between the two.  I will set out what must be done under and limitations of each.
  First, you will need to format the drive on your PC.  When you format the PC, you can format it in FAT32 or NTFS.
  (You mentioned that you do not see the drive in the computer) To format drive:
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  Click on "disk management".
  In the right pane, you should see your drive > you can then do a right click and 'format '.
  FAT32:
  This format will allow you to easily transfer files between the two.  This format becomes problematic when you transfer files more than 4 G.  There is a limit of 4 GB in FAT32, etc. of many movies are bigger than that and cannot be transferred using this format.
  NTFS
  This format has no size limitation, however, in its normal state it will be 'Read only' on Mac.  If you will not be able to transfer all the data itself.  While doing some research on the web, it seems that you can use a program called MacFuse on your Mac to change to NTFS files.  I have not confirmed this, but you can give it a try.  If this program works as planned, it would be the way to go.
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