OS 10.5 - Item cannot be modified

jjk454ss · jjk454ss #1 (**permalink**)

03-08-2008, 08:19 PM

I am trying to copy some files from one external hard drive to another. But when I try to copy something, it says:

Item "xxxx" cannot be copied, because "xxxx" cannot be modified."

This is from a hard drive I was using in Windows if that matters. What can I do to move these files, I was hoping to format and use the one hard drive for time machine.

Thanks

Kash · Kash #2 (**permalink**)

03-08-2008, 10:15 PM

What are the file systems on each hard drive? I'm guessing one of them is NTFS, which would explain why OS X can read from it but not write to it.

jjk454ss · jjk454ss #3 (**permalink**)

03-09-2008, 10:23 AM

That was it, the one drive it FAT32, but the one I am copying to is NTFS.

Thanks

Kash #2 (permalink)
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Member Since: Oct 29, 2007 Posts: 42	03-08-2008, 08:19 PM I am trying to copy some files from one external hard drive to another. But when I try to copy something, it says: Item "xxxx" cannot be copied, because "xxxx" cannot be modified." This is from a hard drive I was using in Windows if that matters. What can I do to move these files, I was hoping to format and use the one hard drive for time machine. Thanks
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