cannot copy large files

[Allan Lind]

I'm trying to copy some large files (~5GB) to an external
hard drive (I have the same problem on a usb2.0 and a
firewire hard drive). When I click "paste" I get a
message that says "Cannot copy [filename]: There is not
enough free disk space" (and some stuff about runnign
disk cleanup). There is plenty of disk space (~200GB),
so that is not the problem. Can anyone offer any advice
or suggestions? Thanks!

 

[dmac]

this may not work, but I have noticed when copying large files anywhere's
using the right click to copy sometimes fails. I have better luck selecting
the item(s) then using the edit key to "copy to folder" to do the transfer.
maybe that will help?

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David MacLeod
Etna, Maine USA
P4 2.8 OC to 3.13
1 GB DDR 466
Radeon 9800 Pro 256 MB
2 Seagate 120 RAID 0

 

[CS]

I'm trying to copy some large files (~5GB) to an external
hard drive (I have the same problem on a usb2.0 and a
firewire hard drive). When I click "paste" I get a
message that says "Cannot copy [filename]: There is not
enough free disk space" (and some stuff about runnign
disk cleanup). There is plenty of disk space (~200GB),
so that is not the problem. Can anyone offer any advice
or suggestions? Thanks!

What file system are you using on the external USB drive? FAT-32 has
a file limit of around 4gb so if you're trying to move a 5gb file to a
drive formatted to FAT-32, it's not going to work. Reformat or
convert your external USB drive to NTFS and it will work.

 

[Allan Lind]

-----Original Message-----

I'm trying to copy some large files (~5GB) to an external
hard drive (I have the same problem on a usb2.0 and a
firewire hard drive). When I click "paste" I get a
message that says "Cannot copy [filename]: There is not
enough free disk space" (and some stuff about runnign
disk cleanup). There is plenty of disk space (~200GB),
so that is not the problem. Can anyone offer any advice
or suggestions? Thanks!

What file system are you using on the external USB drive? FAT-32 has
a file limit of around 4gb so if you're trying to move a 5gb file to a
drive formatted to FAT-32, it's not going to work. Reformat or
convert your external USB drive to NTFS and it will work.
.

Thanks. In fact the external drive is FAT-32. I'll try
converting and see if it works.