How can i copy big (4,5GB) .iso files to my External HDD

As the title says, how can i copy large .iso files to external HDD

each time i get this error

It is in dutch(A) cause my vista image is in dutch sorry fokes

 

is it possible that your hdd is formatted with fat 32 ?

that filesystem does not allow big files. ( i think the limit is 2 GB ).

 

^ Yeah try reformatting to NTFS and see if it works.

Or you could also try using TeraCopy.

 

yeaah it's fat 32

 

uhhmmm how can i reformat to NTFS?

TeraCopy? is that a freeware?

 

well, then your oprion would be to reformat the external hdd to ntfs. you can format it with the windows onboard tools.

do you intend to use the hdd with a mac ? i remember a friend ( macbook pro osx 10.4 ) having problems with my external hdd ( ntfs). he could read the files on my hdd, but he definatly can not write s single file onto my hdd.
hope apple has fixed that with 10.5.

so if you do not intend to plug the hdd to an apple NTFS would be your best option.

 

nope useing it for Windows maybe in the future sometime on a mac for a friends music collection but that's long long away

How can i reformat to NTFS?

 

right click on the drive ( or it´s partitions ) from explorer, you should see the formatting option in the context menu.

but be aware , all your files on that partition you are formatting will be overwritten. back up your files before formatting.

 

doing that on the moment how can i see my copy speed Mb/s?

 

you can´t see that during copying. to see your hdd speed you would need a program that measures hd performance ( eg. hdtach)

 

aha oke thanks ,, uuhm in NTFS i can copy those big files i assume?

 

yep !

no more limitations with ntfs.

 

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What should i choose in this menu & select?

 

Its all there.. you just have to click ok to proceed. You may want to chose quick format (which I assume is the one clickable box!!!) It gets done quicker... *btw, is that German??*

 

Nein das ist kein deutsch( no it isn't german)

het is nederlands ( it is dutch )

 

^ Ah ok.

Anyway, those values in there are fine. You can go ahead with the reformat with those.

 

oke did that first i did without wuick format.. it toke ages to get 1% so i stopped it did quick format and it was done in 30sec

What's the difference between those two? reformat & Quick reformat?

 

Quick Format : Format without checking for Disk Errors (Bad Sectors)
Full Format : Format after checking and fixing Disk Errors

 

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302686

http://certcities.com/editorial/columns/story.asp?EditorialsID=222

 

Doesn't the quick format only delete the file system??

Thus your files would still be perfectly legible with any retrieveal tool??

And I think there is a limit for file sizes on NTFS - only it's rather high... (maybe I'm wrong though)