Ok, i had to reformat my external hard drive to FAT32 so my ps3 COULD read them.

so i used a friends external hard drive to move all my files to his while i did the reformat - which was a major pain but managed to do so through to command prompt.

now im transfering all my files back to my external from his, the problem is some of my files arent transfering back. I get the MESSAGE : cannot read source file or disc.

they play on his, no viruses, they just cant be moved.

i tried moving them to my hard drive, and then my friends hard drive thinking it was a problem with the new format, but no avail.

i can live with the loss of these files, but i really would like to know why it's not working.anyone?The only thing I can think of is that the problem lies with FAT32 not being ABLE to read NTFS file systems...hence "cannot read source file or disc".....and a wild guess leads me to think that your friends external HD is using the NTFS file system (not FAT32)

If you are using the command line to transfer the files back, from what directory are you using the command?? ...I don't know if the restrictions of FAT32 apply to the command prompt, you may be typing the command from the wrong directory.

For example..... If your FAT32 drive has a drive letter G:\ and your friends drive (with all your files) has a drive letter of H:\
and you are using this command:

g:\>copy h:\directory\files (this command line might not work)...


But try using this command..

open a prompt on your computer, type: cd \ hit ENTER and then type:

c:\>copy h:\folderWITHyourFILES g:\newDirectoryOFyourCHOICE

note: if it looks like the command prompt is just sitting there with a blinking cursor after you press enter, it's probably because of a large file being transferred.........there is a bit of a wait time you know...





If all else fails....You could transfer all the files from your friends drive to a computer, then transfer those files back to your FAT32 drive...