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Huhuhu, this is just sssssoooooo weird... ![Cry :cry: :cry:](/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/cry.png)
My friend asked me to copy, and send him some guitar scores. And I agreed. I also told him to give me a USB, since mine is only 512 MB, and the file is approximately 700 MB. So he gave me a 2GB one.
I plug it to my computer. Right click on the file, and then choose Send To... Removable Hard Disk. I often do this, and it seems normal at the start.
But then, after about 40% the file has been copied, it came to a halt, and an error message pops out of nowhere,
telling me that:
"Error copying File or folder: error: Cannot copy <file name> The volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid."
Ok, after staring at it for a while, then decided to remove the USB, then wait for 1 minute, and put it back in, and tried to delete the file.
The file size reduced to 0, but it's still there. Yes, and I tried to delete it again, and again. Another message pops out, telling me that:
"Cannot delete <file name> : Access denied
Make sure the disk is not full, or write protected, and that the file is not currently in use."
This is driving me nuts, of course, the file was not currently opened, nor was the drive protected, or full, since more than 50% of the space is free.
So I tried to renamed the original file, and gave it another try. Even worse, now, the message pops out right away, and no amount of the file was copied.
So, I went online, searching for the phrase, and luckily, I found Microsoft... @___@ What it tells me to do can be written in only 2 lines:
"User Action:
Create a new file on a different volume. If you continue to get this message contact your system administrator."
So... ok, I gave up. M$ seems to think that everyone is expert at IT, they didn't even care about explaining the "volume" thingy.
Do they expect that everyone can understand what "volume" is?. =.="
In fact, reading there instruction is of no use, I couldn't even understand it... What they wrote can be written by a little 3-year-old baby.
Please, please, somebody, help me. WHat should I do now? Is it a bug, or something? I've never seen this before.
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Ah, btw, I am using Wins XP, SP2, if that may help. :)
![Cry :cry: :cry:](/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/cry.png)
My friend asked me to copy, and send him some guitar scores. And I agreed. I also told him to give me a USB, since mine is only 512 MB, and the file is approximately 700 MB. So he gave me a 2GB one.
I plug it to my computer. Right click on the file, and then choose Send To... Removable Hard Disk. I often do this, and it seems normal at the start.
But then, after about 40% the file has been copied, it came to a halt, and an error message pops out of nowhere,
"Error copying File or folder: error: Cannot copy <file name> The volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid."
Ok, after staring at it for a while, then decided to remove the USB, then wait for 1 minute, and put it back in, and tried to delete the file.
The file size reduced to 0, but it's still there. Yes, and I tried to delete it again, and again. Another message pops out, telling me that:
"Cannot delete <file name> : Access denied
Make sure the disk is not full, or write protected, and that the file is not currently in use."
This is driving me nuts, of course, the file was not currently opened, nor was the drive protected, or full, since more than 50% of the space is free.
So I tried to renamed the original file, and gave it another try. Even worse, now, the message pops out right away, and no amount of the file was copied.
So, I went online, searching for the phrase, and luckily, I found Microsoft... @___@ What it tells me to do can be written in only 2 lines:
"User Action:
Create a new file on a different volume. If you continue to get this message contact your system administrator."
So... ok, I gave up. M$ seems to think that everyone is expert at IT, they didn't even care about explaining the "volume" thingy.
![Cry :cry: :cry:](/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/cry.png)
![Cry :cry: :cry:](/styles/physicsforums/xenforo/smilies/cry.png)
In fact, reading there instruction is of no use, I couldn't even understand it... What they wrote can be written by a little 3-year-old baby.
Please, please, somebody, help me. WHat should I do now? Is it a bug, or something? I've never seen this before.
Ah, btw, I am using Wins XP, SP2, if that may help. :)
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