Nicholas-c Veteran Posted October 6, 2009 Veteran Share Posted October 6, 2009 Hey guys, Recently i have tried to move some files around, i have moved files from external HDD to internal HDD and want to delete files on the external HDD (Not format, files i need to keep) However i keep getting "error 43" Any ideas on solutions? Thanks Nicholas-c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted October 6, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 6, 2009 It's possibly to do with the file names having invalid characters. I'm pretty sure the list of invalids are '? [ ] / \ = + < > ; : " , | *' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted October 6, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted October 6, 2009 no characters other than numbers and letters, they are mostly video files, pictures etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted October 7, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted October 7, 2009 bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Can you check the permission of the files? Right click a file, click "Get Info" and then the 'Sharing & Permissions" section. Your OS X username should have read & write access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Well, your last resort you might want to consider (if nothing else in this thread works) is just to copy the stuff you want to keep on the external drive onto your internal drive or another external, formatting the external drive, and then moving the files back. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 (edited) Ooops, sorry! :laugh: Edited October 7, 2009 by Farstrider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Try this...Eraser 5.87 and see if it helps! *ahem* You're in the Mac forums. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted October 7, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted October 7, 2009 Well, your last resort you might want to consider (if nothing else in this thread works) is just to copy the stuff you want to keep on the external drive onto your internal drive or another external, formatting the external drive, and then moving the files back. :p Sadly, 1TB External HDD and 320gb internal, the maths dont work there :p As for permissions, the sharing & permissions says "You can read and write" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Sadly, 1TB External HDD and 320gb internal, the maths dont work there :p Ah, okay. :p So, is the drive is HFS+ formatted? If so, have to tried repairing disk permissions in Disk Utility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted October 8, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted October 8, 2009 Its NTFS originally formatted with NTFS-3G (And yes, still have NTFS-3G installed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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