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Jeff Ford Author

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Error -43: Suddenly can't copy any file to my hard drive.

This error has popped up out of the blue as I've been using the hard drive to store large files for several weeks now. And then tonight, it's suddenly stopped working. Midway through copying a file, it stops, and I get this dialog box:

Here's the specs of the hard drive in question:

Any clue what's going on? Thanks!

Message was edited by: Jeff Ford

iMac 24" 3.06 GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.7), 4GB RAM

Posted on Jun 18, 2009 10:27 PM

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Error -43: Suddenly can't copy any file to my hard drive.

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