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mysecretsrmine - 29 Oct 2007 19:43 GMT

m trying to move a 4.22GB file to my external hard dive, and keep
getting
the error
"can't copy file. There is not enough free disk space."When i check how
much
free space i have left on my external drive it says 123GB free. How
can I
move the file?
Im running XP and the external drive is an acomadata 250gb drive.

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Malke - 29 Oct 2007 20:35 GMT

> m trying to move a 4.22GB file to my external hard dive, and keep
> getting
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> move the file?
> Im running XP and the external drive is an acomadata 250gb drive.

What file system is the external hard drive formatted in? It sounds like
it may be FAT32 which would explain the error. Use NTFS instead.

Malke

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Gerry - 29 Oct 2007 20:54 GMT

The maximum file size on a FAT32 formatted volume is 4 gb.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/prork/prdf_f
ls_pxjh.mspx?mfr=true

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> m trying to move a 4.22GB file to my external hard dive, and keep
> getting
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> move the file?
> Im running XP and the external drive is an acomadata 250gb drive.

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~Mike Hollywood - 30 Oct 2007 18:14 GMT

there is a command you can run from a cmd window that will convert the drive
for you. you can find the command by searching XP's help file. The
conversion utility is bundled with XP.

> m trying to move a 4.22GB file to my external hard dive, and keep
> getting
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> move the file?
> Im running XP and the external drive is an acomadata 250gb drive.

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HEMI-Powered - 30 Oct 2007 20:21 GMT

~Mike Hollywood added these comments in the current discussion
du jour ...

> there is a command you can run from a cmd window that will
> convert the drive for you. you can find the command by
> searching XP's help file. The conversion utility is bundled
> with XP.

I missed the start of this one. Is the copy being attempted to
FAT32 or NTFS? If FAT, isn't 4.32 gig over the limit for a single
file or am I mixing this up with other of its limitations?

>> m trying to move a 4.22GB file to my external hard dive, and
>> keep getting the error
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>> Im running XP and the external drive is an acomadata 250gb
>> drive.

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JohnB - 30 Oct 2007 20:24 GMT

Format /FS:ntfs

or you can type Format /? from the command line to see all of the options

> there is a command you can run from a cmd window that will convert the
> drive for you. you can find the command by searching XP's help file. The
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>> move the file?
>> Im running XP and the external drive is an acomadata 250gb drive.

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Gerry - 30 Oct 2007 21:19 GMT

John

That will surely destroy all existing data on the volume!
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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> Format /FS:ntfs
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JohnB - 31 Oct 2007 14:07 GMT

I realize that. I was just reminding Hemi of the command.

> John
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peter - 31 Oct 2007 17:49 GMT

that would destroy the data on the drive..the XP command would be "convert"
and 9 out of 10 times it will play nice .......
peter

> Format /FS:ntfs
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>>> move the file?
>>> Im running XP and the external drive is an acomadata 250gb drive.

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