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    Problem with copying large files to External HDD

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ricksaint, Dec 10, 2009.

  1. ricksaint

    ricksaint Notebook Consultant

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    I have put an 80gb WD HDD in a Nextar-3 enclosure for the purpose of storing movies (up to 10gb in size). I thought it was a matter of dragging an dropping the movies on the HDD! However, when I do that, I get the following message: "The file is too large for the destination file system".

    Transferring smaller files work fine.

    What is it that I am doing wrong?
     
    ricksaint, Dec 10, 2009
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    Nebelwand Notebook Consultant

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    FAT32 doesn't support files > 4GB, use NTFS instead.
     
    Nebelwand, Dec 10, 2009
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    ricksaint Notebook Consultant

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    You're right! I'll have to reformat the drive. Thanks.
     
    ricksaint, Dec 10, 2009
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