Hi there

My computer has crashed and I basically cannot do anything with Windows XP.

I've successfully booted it up using Knoppix and can now see all my documents. Before I attempt any repair I've decided to transfer all the essential files to an external Hard Drive connect via USB. I've reformatted the external drive to FAT32. The drive from which I am transferring from is NTFS. I'm assuming it's OK to transfer files from one file system to another ?

I began transferring folders and files across and all seemed to be going well after transferring about 20 GB, however, I now seem unable to transfer certain folders (though there seems to be no problem transferring individual files !). When I atempt the transfer (by copying and pasting the folders) I get the following message:

Could not make folder/media/sdb5/.......followed by the folder name

where sdb5 is the external hard drive.

Whenever, this happens the eternal HD becomes read only and I then have to r click on the desktop icon to attempt to transfer folders again. It seems to be a bit random as to which folders I can transfer !

Please can someone explain what I might be doing wrong here. Why is it not letting me create folders on the external HD with certain files. Do I have to sign on as the root maybe ? Is it anthing to do with transferring files from NTFS to FAT32 ?

Thanks for your help