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    Not enough HDD space?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by noiya, Nov 20, 2006.

  1. noiya

    noiya Notebook Guru

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    Just got myself an asus A8Jm, and it's been great so far. However, I've just got one problem with it. I've been trying to copy an ISO from a DVD to its hard drive, and it keeps coming up with the error telling me I dont have enough space . However, the ISO is only 4GB, and my C drive has 55GB free, and the D drive has 36GB free. I can't copy to either one of these drives.

    I've successfully transfered a 2GB ISO though, if that tells you anything.

    How do I fix it? Thanks in advance.
     
    noiya, Nov 20, 2006
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  2. NetBrakr

    NetBrakr Notebook Deity

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    What program are you using?

    JC
     
    NetBrakr, Nov 20, 2006
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  3. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What type is your HD? NTFS or FAT32?
     
    coriolis, Nov 20, 2006
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  4. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    as cori mentioned, if your HD is formatted with fat32, it can't read files >4GB
     
    drumfu, Nov 20, 2006
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  5. TedJ

    TedJ Asus fan in a can!

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    Should be a desktop icon to convert the drive to NTFS.
     
    TedJ, Nov 21, 2006
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  6. Pirate

    Pirate Notebook Enthusiast

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    ah yes the down fall of FAT32!

    if u have to convert ur drive to NTFS, u may lose ur data...note i said may. Haven't used FAT32 in a long time.
     
    Pirate, Nov 21, 2006
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  7. dragonesse

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    If you're going to convert to NTFS, might I recommend just reformatting it that way? I don't fully trust converting my filesystem when there's data on my drive I want to retain.
     
    dragonesse, Nov 21, 2006
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  8. drumfu

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    there is no danger to your data in conversion. you can just use the convert command from the command prompt.
     
    drumfu, Nov 21, 2006
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