Corrupted AVI

[Serval]

Howdi all..

ok so i recorded 2small video clips on my laptop..

10 mins and 12 mins..

now they both worked perfect.. i then plugged external HDD into my laptop xferred the files to the HDD then once completed, i unplugged ext HDD and plugged into my PC and noticed the 2nd video clip only plays for 3mins then stops ( should be 12mins )

i then open the laptop back up and noticed a read/write error msg with the file name in question... it had actually xferred over to the ext HDD fine it went to 100% and made the beep noise to say it was completed..

i have tried opening with AVIRepair, selecting good working clip for source then the dodgy file.. then opened in VirtualDUB, selected " extended open options" checkbox must be checked " let VD repair damaged index, but it only shows the 1st 3mins of the clip in question..

ive also messed around with DIVX++ i always use fresh copy of the corrupted file after i try to fix it,

kinda stumped here what to try next, anyone any ideas ??

thxx in advance..

[Serval]

have this log from mediainfo incase it helps anyone..

General
Complete name : C:\Documents and Settings\Ma\My Documents\ru1.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 19.7 MiB
Duration : 12mn 0s
Overall bit rate : 230 Kbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 12mn 0s
Bit rate : 214 Kbps
Width : 472 pixels
Height : 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 12.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.105
Stream size : 18.4 MiB (93%)
Writing library : XviD 64

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