I've been having problems on and off with my Sony MS PRO magicGate that it
crashes whenever I try to download from it through My Computer. I get
different error messages depending on my actions.

1.When I try to download a folder I get this - copy starts then gets suck
1/2 way and crashes prompting this error message:
"the volume for a file has been exernally altered so that the opened file is
no longer valid"
- when if I copy them individually - assuming they are less than 20MBs - it
will copy just fine.

2. When I copy several files 'as a group' some do download then gets stuck
on one. I see "Cannot copy "FILE" :the parameter is incorrect" .

3.When I copy a large individual file (usually 11 MB's and over) I get an
error message (which I cannot reproduce now).

When it 'crashes' I have to unplug then plug it back in to see it in 'my
computer'. I assigned the drive letter "S:\" , the partition is FAT (flash
drive), 1 gig capacity, using XP SP2 with 2x USB 2.0 PCI express cards. The
weird thing is that "S" drive works absolutely fine when mounted in a folder
(like; c:\sony stick).

I don't see a need for mounting it as it creates more clutter so I want it
working proper, I've tested my camera and memory card & reader on other
computers - even a Mac - and works fine. Whats wrong here?

FYI I also get I/O errors on a USB HDD (250 GB western digital) on occasion
- Ive used "failure check" tools to check all computer drives and nothing is
close to conking out. Is this a Mobo thing?

Thanks for reading, even if you can't help...
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Brandon Dub., TO canada, Shell ''explorer''