From: Mark T Date: 2008-08-25T12:16:18+09:00 Subject: Re: Moving all files in a folder to another hard drive Is the reason you are moving the files something to do with instability of the present volume? The "????????" is a clue. It may be that the fat table has been corrupted at the entry being read. Skip this entry. Get what you can. If the remainder is valuable, pay someone to recover it. Good luck. (Not really joking, seriously, well, not real serious if ya know.... blabla...)