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re: Copying files
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 6:09 pm
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Posted by Urizen (3 messages posted)


Thank you, Dex, but the message is like saying, "You cannot drive because your car exists" -- makes absolutely no sense. Anyway, I've already checked the things you mentioned and they aren't the problem. B.T.W., the files are WordPerfect (.wpd) and sometimes .mp3 s.


On Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 5:05 pm, Urizen wrote:
>When copying a large number of files from one HD to another, suddenly everything
>stops with the message, "cannot copy [file name]. File exists." What kind of stupid
>message is that? I mean, it obviously couldn't copy if it DIDN'T exist, right? To
>make things worse, the process doesn't simply skip the problem file and continue,
>but the entire process just stops. Can someone please tell me what's going on?


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Copying files (Urizen: Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at 5:05 pm)

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-Copying files (Urizen: Tue, Mar 7, 2006, 5:05 pm)
*re: Copying files (DEX: Tue, Mar 7, 2006, 5:20 pm)
*re: Copying files (Urizen: Tue, Mar 7, 2006, 6:09 pm)
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