the request could not be performed because of an I/O devic..

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I keep recieving the following message whenever i ry to
transfer (cut or copy) data from a portable usb hard drive
(20gigs) to and from my computer:

the request could not be performed because of an I/O
device error

somebody please help.


this problem takes place on all computers (i have tried it
on many!)

 

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How is the extrenal drive being connected (USB, Firewire)? It may be
the cable you are using as well. Have you tried a different cable? All
that message really means is that the transfer of the file or accessing
of a part of the hard drive was stopped because there was a problem in
the transfering of data between the hard drive and the computer.

----
Nathan McNulty


seth coltraine wrote:
> I keep recieving the following message whenever i ry to
> transfer (cut or copy) data from a portable usb hard drive
> (20gigs) to and from my computer:
>
> the request could not be performed because of an I/O
> device error
>
> somebody please help.
>
>
> this problem takes place on all computers (i have tried it
> on many!)