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When trying to transfer files from SSD to USB key, i keep getting error -36. Something with corrupted sectors on the SSD.

  1. I tried doing a dot_clean from terminal on the folder i wish to copy and on the USB key.
  2. tried booting up with Command-R, OS X recovery, to do a repair of the SSD. Sill no luck. Still error -36 Anything else i can try, or is the SSD “ruined”? Best

I am assuming that a) you have a non-apple SSD, and you have updated to the latest firmware for the SSD b) you’ve run disk utility c) you have checked the USB key for errors or tried another USB key? On an SSD, if the file you are trying to copy is corrupted, then it is toast. However you can try in terminal a ‘cp -Rfv ’ so that it forces a copy of the file with errors and all.