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I have done a sweeping search on my PC to find all files with an mp3 extension on one drive only. I want to copy these files into a folder on either my desktop or onto an external hard drive but it won't let me do either. It just comes up with the error box 'cannot copy file: cannot read from the source file or disk'

Any ideas why this is or if there is a way round it?


I'm using Windows XP Home Edition service pack 3

Thanks in advance

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are the files still in used?
forgive me asking this stupid question

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is the file able to play? if able to play, then it should copy normally. if it doesn't play then maybe the file maybe corrupted or bad sector maybe...

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