the transfer was done drive to drive via hyperterminal...also..while i am on the subject...i left one of the older harddrives in the player. however, i noticed that the drive physically makes a noise when i shake it back and forth (removed from the player of course)..it sounds like there is something sliding back and forth inside...t0his isnt the case with the new drive...

is this old drive on the verge of crashing on me and if so should i copy those files to the new drive as well?

thanks,

Ed