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    SanDisk cruzer won't let me....

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by kobe_24, Sep 12, 2008.

  1. kobe_24

    kobe_24 Notebook Deity

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    I picked up a SanDisk cruzer 8GB for $29.92 at Best Buy earlier today, but now I seem to have a problem. I’ve made a 6.4GB ISO file, and it will not cut or copy to the cruzer. I get a “disk is full”, what the heck? It has 7.67GB free, why can’t I cut and paste a file that large to the drive when there is enough space on the drive for it? :mad:
     
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    kevinf Notebook Evangelist

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    it's probably formatted in fat32 so it won't let you copy more then 4gb of data at the same time
     
    kevinf, Sep 12, 2008
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    Hehe!

    Thank you kevinf, you get rep for my stupidity! :)


    +1 rep
     
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    Bog Losing it...

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    Yes, but keep in mind that the 4GB limit is for files, not for how much you can copy. Just a detail.
     
    Bog, Sep 12, 2008
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    Yes sir!

    I just went ahead and formatted the drive for NTFS. I had to first enable optimized drive (In Device Manager), before winxp would give me the NTFS option. Now everything is nice a tidy and I can transfer up to the 7.46. Yes, I lost some storage space, but its well worth it! I think I will pick up another one, as prefer these over my USB HDD's.
     
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