FAT32

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Mart

MUPPET STRIKES AGAIN!!

Done all the work on a 40minute movie tried to save back to the camera and
the result is windows cant handle anything over 4 gig in FAT32 file, apart
from partition the drive what can i do??? can i save the movie in two parts
from the timeline? Give me a saw or a drill any day!!!
Any help much appreciated

Mart
 
M

Mart

Had a look at the site....thanks but no thanks at the moment......i reduced
the size of the movie to one minute and its still coming up with the same
message about Fat32

Mart
 
M

Mart

I have about 9 gig on my laptop and a seperate hard drive with about 75 gig but that only runs usb 1.1 so it wont take the downloading

Mart
Hello Mart,
Tell us how big is your FREE Storage Space. It happened this to me and PapaJohn did help me to convert my FAT32 to NTFS. Try it because it is very safe. You can also choose to Compress your hard drive later. This is only to help complete our movie project. Then I decided to buy a 200 GB and a hard drive enclosure to accept dual Interface (USB2 & 1394).

--Rino


Had a look at the site....thanks but no thanks at the moment......i reduced
the size of the movie to one minute and its still coming up with the same
message about Fat32

Mart
 
J

John Kelly

Hello,

Run the disk checker on your hard drive for a starter. to do this right click
"My Computer" and select "Manage" then under "Disk Management" right click the
drive in question and select Properties then in the new Dialog click "Tools"
and then run the Error Checking option. If you get an error report consider
carefully what it says before you take any action....the action "could" destroy
a vital file.......I won't bother explaining why...don't want to create any
more "instant experts" The program will try to move any data from a damaged
block...but the fact its damaged may prevent that. The whole point of this
exercise is to determine whether or not you have a problem with something
called a file allocation table. FAT for short. Its a database that holds info
on everything stored on the drive. If it has become corrupt in some way you
"might" see that manifest itself in a FAT32 (A 32bit File Allocation Table
Error) problem.

If the above does reveal an error I would only EVER consider letting the disk
checker fix it once. If the error occurs again you may have a more serious
problem with your drive which would at the very least require a full reformat
locking out bad sectors.

Keep us posted on the result of the check and performance of Movie Maker

--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
Check out free video hosting at www.the-kellys.org
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Mart

John
Many thanks for your advice i will now perform the op!
As regard the 'instant expert'.... dont woory, i really dont think that will
happen here!!!!!!

Mart
 
J

John Kelly

Hello

Rats....well sort of. Its good because you are not going to loose any files
because of it.

I know you have previously backed away from NTSC. I would urge you to
reconsider....it is at the end of the day a "better" file system and it is
marginally faster than FAT32 and of course you can store Very large files.

--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
Check out free video hosting at www.the-kellys.org
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Mart

With the NTSC file system can i store MP3's on it and play them from there
as well as the video files??

Mart
 
J

John Kelly

Hello,

Oh yes. In respect of files the only changes are upwards.....better management,
faster access, larger files etc etc.

The one thing you might want to think on is the size of a block when you do the
format...there is some good advice and links on my website in the tutorial
section.......but here is a small example.

Lets say you have a file that is one hundred bits in size and your hard drive
block is set to hold 50 bytes per block.......because each block has a small
section at the start and end which container pointers to the previous and next
blocks your file will require at least three blocks.....now because the files
are all different sizes there is no one block size that is perfect...BUT if you
have a number of VERY large files you may prefer to have very large block
sizes...the reason being less blocks are needed to store those files and
therefore there are less pointers to keep a track of and therefore the file can
be accessed more quickly...Phew

The ideal solution is for drive C to have the default block size and a distinct
"other" drive have blocks that are as large as possible (64Kb) Take note that
for time critical operations a single hard drive with more than one partition
is a definite no no.

Anyway, to see some charts showing optimal settings and a better worded
explanation...go check the website.

Whatever happens, Do Not let it put you off....if you are unsure just accept
the default settings and go from there.

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Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
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M

Mart

Right...im gonna re-format my external drive to NTFS...the drive is USB
1.1.....will this work do you think or do i need a firewire drive???
 
J

Jamie Furlong

John said:
Hello

Rats....well sort of. Its good because you are not going to loose any files
because of it.

I know you have previously backed away from NTSC. I would urge you to
reconsider....it is at the end of the day a "better" file system and it is
marginally faster than FAT32 and of course you can store Very large files.
Click to expand...

For anyone confused by the above posting:

NTSC stands for:
National Television Standards Committee -
Standard broadcast signal received by televisions in the United States.
http://www.auditmypc.com/acronym/NTSC.asp

NTFS stands for:
New Technology File System
http://www.auditmypc.com/acronym/NTFS.asp

If anyone managed to format their drive in NTSC, let me know!
 
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John Kelly

Hello,

I think I have told you once before...but in case it was not you.

The rules of newsgroups, the Etiquette, label people who have a preponderance
for correcting typo's and spelling mistakes as both Juvenile and Petty

If that is what you want to be known as please do carry on.....its a good laugh
if nothing else.

Have a real nice day in Bourn MOUTH mouth is it???
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Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
Check out free video hosting and free "Complex Project" restoration at
www.the-kellys.org
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Mart

John
Again....many thanks for your help and no doubt there will be questions in
the future and for some strange reason i dont think thats too far away!!!

Mart
 

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