Copying Huge Amount - crash on .ocx .inf files

Hi,
I have an IS guy copying a directory containing a load of stuff from
my old laptop (Windows XP, 2 Gig mem) to my new one (probably windows
XP, not sure how much mem but should be 2 Gig). He says he's got them
both connected to our network and is just attempting to copy the
folder over (I assume drag and drop.)

He says it keeps crashing on .ocx and .inf files. So he renames the
problem file to .old and redoes the entire copy until he hits another
problem (I do have copies of certain CDs on my machine).

My question is this: Is this really a product of the old 2 Gig limit
issue on Windows? Each of the sub-folders being copied I have copied
previously from a network location individually with no problem. If he
copied sub-folders individually wouldn't he be less likely to hit
these problems since there is a smaller amount to copy at one time?
There is also a 5 gig database buried in the directory I have tried to
get him to copy separately but to no avail.
Thanks,
S

<scoconnell@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have an IS guy copying a directory containing a load of stuff from
> my old laptop (Windows XP, 2 Gig mem) to my new one (probably windows
> XP, not sure how much mem but should be 2 Gig). He says he's got them
> both connected to our network and is just attempting to copy the
> folder over (I assume drag and drop.)
>
> He says it keeps crashing on .ocx and .inf files. So he renames the
> problem file to .old and redoes the entire copy until he hits another
> problem (I do have copies of certain CDs on my machine).
>
> My question is this: Is this really a product of the old 2 Gig limit
> issue on Windows? Each of the sub-folders being copied I have copied
> previously from a network location individually with no problem. If he
> copied sub-folders individually wouldn't he be less likely to hit
> these problems since there is a smaller amount to copy at one time?
> There is also a 5 gig database buried in the directory I have tried to
> get him to copy separately but to no avail.
> Thanks,
> S

Get him to use robocopy.exe.

Get yourself a USB Flash Drive/Memory Stick(2Gigs-16Gigs), and copy your Data
that way, if he can't do it.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"scoconnell@aol.com" wrote:

> Hi,
> I have an IS guy copying a directory containing a load of stuff from
> my old laptop (Windows XP, 2 Gig mem) to my new one (probably windows
> XP, not sure how much mem but should be 2 Gig). He says he's got them
> both connected to our network and is just attempting to copy the
> folder over (I assume drag and drop.)
>
> He says it keeps crashing on .ocx and .inf files. So he renames the
> problem file to .old and redoes the entire copy until he hits another
> problem (I do have copies of certain CDs on my machine).
>
> My question is this: Is this really a product of the old 2 Gig limit
> issue on Windows? Each of the sub-folders being copied I have copied
> previously from a network location individually with no problem. If he
> copied sub-folders individually wouldn't he be less likely to hit
> these problems since there is a smaller amount to copy at one time?
> There is also a 5 gig database buried in the directory I have tried to
> get him to copy separately but to no avail.
> Thanks,
> S
>

I'm sure I can copy the data, I'm just trying to determine if I'm
right about the issue.

Also, I've had problems before with external drives crapping out after
2 gigs on attempting to copy the 5 gig database to them. The only
thing I think would work with the 5 gig db would be ftp since it is
capable of picking up where it left off. Anyone else run into this?
Thanks,
S

Youre post isnt very specific & w/o other pc info....Either way,as far as 4GB
of ram,read kb171793

"scoconnell@aol.com" wrote:

> Hi,
> I have an IS guy copying a directory containing a load of stuff from
> my old laptop (Windows XP, 2 Gig mem) to my new one (probably windows
> XP, not sure how much mem but should be 2 Gig). He says he's got them
> both connected to our network and is just attempting to copy the
> folder over (I assume drag and drop.)
>
> He says it keeps crashing on .ocx and .inf files. So he renames the
> problem file to .old and redoes the entire copy until he hits another
> problem (I do have copies of certain CDs on my machine).
>
> My question is this: Is this really a product of the old 2 Gig limit
> issue on Windows? Each of the sub-folders being copied I have copied
> previously from a network location individually with no problem. If he
> copied sub-folders individually wouldn't he be less likely to hit
> these problems since there is a smaller amount to copy at one time?
> There is also a 5 gig database buried in the directory I have tried to
> get him to copy separately but to no avail.
> Thanks,
> S
>