Mac Disk-Utility input/output error

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Published on 2010-05-04T21:23:59Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 21:29 UTC
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a couple of other people have posted about this but my specific problem has not been addressed. For months I have been backing up DVDs and home movies with no problem then all of a sudden I get an "input/output" error. Yes I have cleaned the disks. Actually I have tried 8 different ones - they are not all bad so its obviously my computer. I have done a scan and cleaned up the HD a bit just in case but nothing is helping.

I don't want to download other programs since this one works but seems to be having a problem. Any ideas?

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