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    Toshiba 320GB External HD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Xenile, Jun 21, 2009.

  1. Xenile

    Xenile Notebook Consultant

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    Hi! i have a problem with this, everytime I copy a file that's like 4gb in size. It says that file is too big for the file system of the external hd.
     
    Xenile, Jun 21, 2009
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    Is this external drive new? Have you formatted it to be the same as your internal drive format?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jun 21, 2009
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  3. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    format/convert the drive to EXFAT or NTFS.
     
    goofball, Jun 21, 2009
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  4. tuηay

    tuηay o TuNaY o

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    What qhn and goofball said :D
     
    tuηay, Jun 21, 2009
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