I'm using a freecom external hard drive that has in the region of 120Gb free
space yet when i try to copy a 6Gb file from my PC to it it says that the
disk is full so it cant be copied.
Is there a limit to the size that can be copied or is there a way to fix
this problem?
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:35 +0100, Stephen Chaplin wrote:
> I'm using a freecom external hard drive that has in the region of 120Gb
> free space yet when i try to copy a 6Gb file from my PC to it it says that
> the disk is full so it cant be copied.
>
> Is there a limit to the size that can be copied or is there a way to fix
> this problem?
>
> Thanks in advance
You did not mention the OS or Processor that the system is using. But
there is a possibility that you are hitting the 2Gb file limit
experienced with some operating systems.
it's using win2000 and the PC is only a year old 2.8Ghz processor.
I'm beginning to think it is the size of the file that is the issue as i've
tried copying it to another external hard drive and am getting the same
error. Looks like i'm going to have to do a bit of chopping of files and
joining together again!
Thanks for the response anyway!
"Bill" <billp@rhondasworld.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:35 +0100, Stephen Chaplin wrote:
>
> > I'm using a freecom external hard drive that has in the region of 120Gb
> > free space yet when i try to copy a 6Gb file from my PC to it it says
that
> > the disk is full so it cant be copied.
> >
> > Is there a limit to the size that can be copied or is there a way to fix
> > this problem?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> You did not mention the OS or Processor that the system is using. But
> there is a possibility that you are hitting the 2Gb file limit
> experienced with some operating systems.
>
> Bill
Stephen Chaplin wrote:
> it's using win2000 and the PC is only a year old 2.8Ghz processor.
>
> I'm beginning to think it is the size of the file that is the issue
> as i've tried copying it to another external hard drive and am
> getting the same error. Looks like i'm going to have to do a bit of
> chopping of files and joining together again!
>
> Thanks for the response anyway!
If the (external) drive is fornatted FAT32 then you won't be able to put
files bigger than 2GB onto it. If you're only using it with Windows 2K (or
later) then the answer is to format the drive NTFS. (After copying data that
you want to keep off it onto another drive temporarilly).
--
TTFN.
Shaun.
> "Bill" <billp@rhondasworld.com> wrote in message
> newsan.2007.09.19.13.19.54.403168@rhondasworld.c om...
> > On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:53:35 +0100, Stephen Chaplin wrote:
> >
> > > I'm using a freecom external hard drive that has in the region of
> > > 120Gb free space yet when i try to copy a 6Gb file from my PC to
> > > it it says that the disk is full so it cant be copied.
> > >
> > > Is there a limit to the size that can be copied or is there a way
> > > to fix this problem?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > You did not mention the OS or Processor that the system is using.
> > But there is a possibility that you are hitting the 2Gb file limit
> > experienced with some operating systems.
> >
> > Bill
Stephen Chaplin wrote: *** and top-posted - fixed ***
> "Bill" <billp@rhondasworld.com> wrote
>> Stephen Chaplin wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using a freecom external hard drive that has in the region
>>> of 120Gb free space yet when i try to copy a 6Gb file from my PC
>>> to it it says that the disk is full so it cant be copied.
>>>
>>> Is there a limit to the size that can be copied or is there a
>>> way to fix this problem?
>>
>> You did not mention the OS or Processor that the system is using.
>> But there is a possibility that you are hitting the 2Gb file
>> limit experienced with some operating systems.
>
> it's using win2000 and the PC is only a year old 2.8Ghz processor.
>
> I'm beginning to think it is the size of the file that is the
> issue as i've tried copying it to another external hard drive and
> am getting the same error. Looks like i'm going to have to do a
> bit of chopping of files and joining together again!
I believe that the limitation is in the FAT file system. You don't
want to move to Vista or XP, because of the EULA and other
problems, so that leaves breaking up the file or installing Linux.
You might consider Ubuntu. The price is right, and you can dual
boot. You won't be able to share the large file.
Please do not top-post. Your answer belongs after (or intermixed
with) the quoted material to which you reply, after snipping all
irrelevant material. I fixed this one. See the following links:
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