File Copying Error Message

by TFowlkes | September 14, 2005 5:03 AM PDT

When I try to copy jpeg files to my flash drive or to a CD-RW, after a few files have copied, I get an error message that says "Error: Cannot copy file". Here the process stops. I check and the destination has plenty of storage space and the file that it stops on does not have a Read-only attribute. What's going on?

No matter what I try, it will not copy any more files.

(HP P4 2.0GHZ Notebook running WinXP Home)

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File Copying Error Message

by Themisive | September 14, 2005 5:09 AM PDT

What's the Flash drive capacity, have you enough space for ALL the files you are copying?

Another point, are you downloading jpegs or are you editing them with a software programme like Adobe Photoshop? If the latter, then you should be able to save each one directly to your Flash Drive.

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Straight copy with space

by TFowlkes | September 14, 2005 1:03 PM PDT

It is a 1GB Lexar Thumbdrive with plenty of storage space and I am doing a straight copy from harddrive to thumbdrive.

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Try this

by Stan Chambers | September 14, 2005 3:08 PM PDT

Download, install, and run this cleaner.
CCleaner fixes registry issues, and cleans out all those temp files, and is very fast.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4191.html

For copy errors MS recommends cleaning all the temp files from your drive, as one possible solution.
If your not comfortable with cleaning the registry, just run the cleaner to clear all the temporary files.

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or...

by jeniesis1 | September 14, 2005 3:15 PM PDT

you could open RUN and type %temp% then ENTER. then just delete everything in that folder and try copying again. But if cleaning the registry and temp folder fails. there a possibility that the file your copying is corrupted.

fill me in: does the error appear at the exact same percentage?

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Error copying file or folder: Parameter is incorrect

by everchine | December 2, 2005 10:44 PM PST

I've been trying to copy jpg files, no larger than 700kb, from a Sony 64MB memory stick duo (from my mobile phone Sony Ericsson 750i) to my C: drive. Some jpg files can be copied and some can't. Those that don't get copied over produce an error message "DSC0000xx cannot be copied: The parameter is incorrect."

Am using a Dell Dimension 8300, Pentium 4 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM and Windows XP (2002) SP2. My C: drive capacity is 111GB and I still have free space of 91GB.

Could someone please help me out here? A solution will be much appreciated.

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What happens if you use a COMMAND LINE copy?

by R. Proffitt Forum moderator | December 2, 2005 10:56 PM PST

While I don't offer tutorials on the command line, the COPY command line is fairly simple to learn and use.

What happens if you use that?

Bob

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