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transferring large files to portable drives
I’m trying to transfer a high quality MPEG-2 file (4.7 GB’s) to my 80 GB Lacie Portable Drive.
When I try the transfer, the message reads the drive is full, even though it’s empty.
Is there something on my computer (HP 4400 work station running Windows XP) that I must adjust so that I can transfer large files like these?
thanks!
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4 Replies
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Format the drive using NTFS instead of FAT 32. Most off-the-shelf external HDD’s are preformatted for FAT 32. You can convert an existing FAT drive to NTFS.
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Thank you.
I will try re-formatting the drive and attempt another transfer of the file.
I appreciate your help. -
Just for the record, you don’t need to re-format. The command convert
/FS:NTFS will do the trick. Quickly too. -
I had a very bad experience with a USB portable drive that I purchased and “quick formated” to NTFS. I believe this is equilant to convert/FS:NTFS. It was unstable and made a habit of going off line from time to time. Then one day it just quit. Did not show up as a drive in “My Computer”.
I restored it with Restore 2000 software and copied the contents to a different drive. I then reformatted (the slow way) the orig USB portable drive to NTFS and it has been stable and usable ever since.
I think the problem with the quick format is that it doesn’t detect and mask bad sectors.
I use several USB external HDDs and I take the time to completely format them to NTFS before I use them in my system.
Of course, I’m paranoid and that may explain some of my issues.
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