[Bill Burke]

Good suggestions Michael. I don’t see any memory loss going on in the monitor, plus that computer is packed to the gills with RAM.

I will research cloning it – but if the problem is the files they will probably still be corrupted. That would cure things if somehow the drive itself was the issue.

I’ve tried copying them one at a time – so there is not over burdening the system. But each one craps out.

I also tried opening them in final cut – but that just led to the spinning wheel of death and a hard restart.

My next weird thing is sending the file into compressor – but with the same settings so it is really just a gateway. Not predicting success but worth a shot.

If the corruption is actually within the files themselves as opposed to a code tag that has been added they are probably a lost cause.

Thanks for the excellent suggestions.