Copy big file fails

[Bob Day]

I have several image files (created with Acronis True Image Workstation) on
local hard disk that are about 6 gigs each. Every time I try copying them
to a 250 Gig USB drive, I get an instant error message that there is not
enough room for the copy (which there is). Why can I not move the files?
It there some trick to copying large files?

Bob Day

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have several image files (created with Acronis True Image
Workstation) on local hard disk that are about 6 gigs each. Every
time I try copying them to a 250 Gig USB drive, I get an instant
error message that there is not enough room for the copy (which
there is). Why can I not move the files? It there some trick to
copying large files?

Google would have answered this quick...

FAT32 does not support files the size you are describing. You need to
format your drive with a file system you can read/write from/to and that
supports larger file sizes. In your case - you need to format that drive
with NTFS.

Your limit on FAT32 file size is 4GB.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have several image files (created with Acronis True Image
Workstation) on local hard disk that are about 6 gigs each. Every
time I try copying them to a 250 Gig USB drive, I get an instant
error message that there is not enough room for the copy (which there
is). Why can I not move the files? It there some trick to copying
large files?

It's because your USB drive is FAT32, and FAT32 has a 4GB limit on file
sizes.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Google would have answered this quick...

FAT32 does not support files the size you are describing. You need to
format your drive with a file system you can read/write from/to and
that supports larger file sizes. In your case - you need to format
that drive with NTFS.

Your limit on FAT32 file size is 4GB.

Sorry, Shenan. I didn't see your message until right after I sent mine, and
my message was redundant.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have several image files (created with Acronis True Image
Workstation) on local hard disk that are about 6 gigs each. Every
time I try copying them to a 250 Gig USB drive, I get an instant
error message that there is not enough room for the copy (which
there is). Why can I not move the files? It there some trick to
copying large files?

Google would have answered this quick...

FAT32 does not support files the size you are describing. You
need to format your drive with a file system you can read/write
from/to and that supports larger file sizes. In your case - you
need to format that drive with NTFS.

Your limit on FAT32 file size is 4GB.

Sorry, Shenan. I didn't see your message until right after I sent
mine, and my message was redundant.

No worries.

Redundnacy in the answers only mean we probably got it right.
(Or both messed up. ;-P)

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

No worries.

Redundnacy in the answers only mean we probably got it right.
(Or both messed up. ;-P)

<g>

I'll sometimes send a redundant answer on purpose, when I want to reinforce
an opinion, rather than a fact, or when I want to say something in a
slightly different way, with perhaps a different slant. But I try to avoid
just duplicating an answer that' s simple, and clearly right (as yours was
here).