Windows 10: Still 'Can't read from Source File or Disk' despite every video possible

After many videos trying to convert the external hard drive to NFTS, restarting Windows countless numbers of times, checking the disk to fix bad sectors on BOTH the USB drive, external hard drive, and the SSD drive on the PC the disk check showed no errors, adding user permissions, fixing corrupted System32 Files that prevented the work, using CHKDSK at least five times, disabling Windows Defender to stop it from stopping the transfer, and even using NotePad with advanced repair mode using a bootable disk after turning on BIOS to send the file into the USB drive, it is still showing this e

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Cannot read files on floppy disk

Hi, I have files that I know are good on a floppydisk. On trying to access them a message says the disk need formatting. I have tried to use PhotoRec from the UBCD but it will apparantly only read HDD or CD/DVD.

Can anyone suggest a freeware program that might work. Thank you for your help.

 

Getting the error "Can't read from the source file or disk" when trying to copy video files

Hello, I am using a laptop with Windows 10 installed.

When trying to copy video files to an external hard drive for storage, I get the error "Can't read from the source file or disk" about half-way through the copy process, and the file cannot be copied. This only happens with specific files, as other files
copy easily. Even files from the same show copy just fine, but a random few will not copy over. For example, I try to copy a 20 episode TV series to the hard drive, but I get the error for episodes 4, 12, and 19 while the rest go over fine. The episodes that
do not work stays consistent every try.

Also, the video files for which I have been getting this error play just fine without any issues.

I have never gotten this error until recently, but now it happens nearly every time I try doing something like this.

Possible solutions that I tried but did not work

• Restarting the computer
• Plugging the external hard drive into a different USB port
• Running CHKDSK on the external hard drive (no errors found)
  
• Running CHKDSK on the computer's internal hard drive (no errors found)
  
• Running System File Checker (nothing found)
  
• Correcting file ownership
• Renaming the file

The most interesting thing I found though was that the problem persisted when I tried a different external hard drive, leaving me to believe that the external hard drive was not the cause of the issue. In fact, I even still got the error when trying to copy
the video files to other locations on my computer. Could this mean that something is wrong with my internal hard drive?

Thanks for reading!

 

Getting the error "Can't read from the source file or disk" when trying to copy video files

Hi Henry. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator, here to help you.

See fixes for the error here:

https://helpdeskgeek.com/help-desk/fix-cant-rea...

https://www.techjunkie.com/cant-read-from-the-s...

https://www.easeus.com/file-recovery/cant-read-...

https://www.datanumen.com/blogs/7-reasons-solut...

https://appuals.com/fix-cant-read-from-the-sour... (avoid ad links, especially avoid Reimage ad!)



One of the above should resolve it.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. If you'll wait to rate whether my post resolved your problem, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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