Techie question for the resident smart people

emmanuelle · 2006-11-21, 12:35 PM

OK OK, we all know that I'm really hoping that Sparky answers this, but anybody who knows the answer, PLEASE chime in

I am trying to move a 12 gig video file from my pc to a brand new 320 gig external hard drive. I'm getting an error message that there is not enough room

The external drive seems to work fine, I can move smaller files to it without any problems. Could it be a cache issue? Maybe the pc needs more space for temporary storage during the move?

Somebody please take pity on a damsel in distress!

cd34 · 2006-11-21, 03:28 PM

if you have a virus scanner, and the realtime protection is on, it will move the 12gb file over to the temp directory (probably c:\temp if you never changed it), virus scan it, then move it.

You might be able to turn off realtime virus checking while you copy, or, move your temp directory (ugh), or free up more space on the drive where your temp directory is.

Jeremy · 2006-11-21, 04:54 PM

1 - Is the drive you're tying to move it to NTFS or FAT32? FAT32 has a 4gb filesize limit, IIRC. In Explorer right-click on the drive letter and click Properties. If it's FAT32 and you definitely wwant this file on there, you'll need to reformat that drive.

2 - Try going down the DOS / Command Prompt route. This is a handy page for DOS commands: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true

emmanuelle · 2006-11-21, 06:12 PM

Thanks to you two heros, dashing to my rescue

Since there is no virus protection on that machine <-ducks & hides from Simon>, this was not a factor. I was just in the middle of reformatting the drive to ntfs when I read Jeremy's post. Hurrah, it seems that we were both on the right track. I now have my external doing exactly what I bought it for :-)

Thanks again to both of you, I love a man in tights & a cape!

Jeremy · 2006-11-22, 12:55 AM

Cool - glad you got it sorted.

I think all externals are sold formatted as FAT32 - which can be accessed & written to by both Windows & Linux (& therefore Macs, I assume) straight out of the box.

It'd be nice if they could both use one file format that can cope with files over 4gb.

Off to the phone box to put my pants on over my trousers now ;-)

2006-11-21, 12:35 PM	#1
emmanuelle 0100011101100101011001010 1101011001000000100001101 1010000110100101100011 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,441	Techie question for the resident smart people OK OK, we all know that I'm really hoping that Sparky answers this, but anybody who knows the answer, PLEASE chime in I am trying to move a 12 gig video file from my pc to a brand new 320 gig external hard drive. I'm getting an error message that there is not enough room The external drive seems to work fine, I can move smaller files to it without any problems. Could it be a cache issue? Maybe the pc needs more space for temporary storage during the move? Somebody please take pity on a damsel in distress!

2006-11-21, 03:28 PM	#2
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2006-11-21, 04:54 PM	#3
Jeremy Remember to rebel against the authorities, kids! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: AU Posts: 406	1 - Is the drive you're tying to move it to NTFS or FAT32? FAT32 has a 4gb filesize limit, IIRC. In Explorer right-click on the drive letter and click Properties. If it's FAT32 and you definitely wwant this file on there, you'll need to reformat that drive. 2 - Try going down the DOS / Command Prompt route. This is a handy page for DOS commands: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true __________________ XXX Porno Hardcore

2006-11-22, 12:55 AM	#5
Jeremy Remember to rebel against the authorities, kids! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: AU Posts: 406	Cool - glad you got it sorted. I think all externals are sold formatted as FAT32 - which can be accessed & written to by both Windows & Linux (& therefore Macs, I assume) straight out of the box. It'd be nice if they could both use one file format that can cope with files over 4gb. Off to the phone box to put my pants on over my trousers now ;-) __________________ XXX Porno Hardcore

2006-11-21, 06:12 PM	#4
emmanuelle 0100011101100101011001010 1101011001000000100001101 1010000110100101100011 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,441	Thanks to you two heros, dashing to my rescue Since there is no virus protection on that machine <-ducks & hides from Simon>, this was not a factor. I was just in the middle of reformatting the drive to ntfs when I read Jeremy's post. Hurrah, it seems that we were both on the right track. I now have my external doing exactly what I bought it for :-) Thanks again to both of you, I love a man in tights & a cape!