# FLAC files can't be opened for writing **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files-cant-be-opened-for-writing/13404 **Category:** Support **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 9:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files-cant-be-opened-for-writing/13404 "2012-05-07T09:27:11Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![Glyn\_Foster](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Glyn\_Foster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Glyn_Foster) #### Post date: [May 7, 2012, 9:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files-cant-be-opened-for-writing/13404/1 "2012-05-07T09:27:11Z")
I have approx 1200 FLAC albums on a portable hard drive that I've been working through adding artwork & Tags, prior to copying the files onto a Cocktail Audio unit; there is 260 gb of spare space still on the portable unit. I've completed 900, but now (intermittantly) get messages telling me that an Album can't be opened for writing - this happens on both my main PC and on various laptops (using Win 7 64 & 32 bit OS's). It also is now acheingly slow (30 mins or longer) to save tags and artwork when it actually does let me do this - any ideas on how I can get things back to normall would be much appreciated. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files-cant-be-opened-for-writing/13404)._