Problems Backing up large files

[Andy Wright]

I am trying to copy some large Video files to an external disc. There are 3
files, the smallest being 3 Gig, the largest 11 Gig. I am trying to back up
to a 40 Gig disc, which has 27 gig spare. I am backing up from an 80 Gig
disc, which has 23 Gig spare.

I am getting the error mesage, not enough Disc space availale to perform
this action. I am dragging/dropping the file and have tried the copy command.

I have an XP system with 1 Gig of RAM.

Any ideas how to do this?

Thanks,

Andy

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Andy Wright

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Is the external drive formatted as FAT32 or NTFS. You do remember that FAT32
has a 4gb file size limitation?
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



"Andy Wright" > wrote in message
...
>I am trying to copy some large Video files to an external disc. There are 3
> files, the smallest being 3 Gig, the largest 11 Gig. I am trying to back
> up
> to a 40 Gig disc, which has 27 gig spare. I am backing up from an 80 Gig
> disc, which has 23 Gig spare.
>
> I am getting the error mesage, not enough Disc space availale to perform
> this action. I am dragging/dropping the file and have tried the copy
> command.
>
> I have an XP system with 1 Gig of RAM.
>
> Any ideas how to do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy
>
> --
> Andy Wright

[Mad Max]

Converting from fat32 to NTFS is a non-destructive process, however, going
from NTFS to fat32 deletes all the data.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> Is the external drive formatted as FAT32 or NTFS. You do remember that
> FAT32 has a 4gb file size limitation?
> --

[Andy Wright]

Thanks, I'll re-format the external drive and that should sort it,

Andy
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Andy Wright


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Is the external drive formatted as FAT32 or NTFS. You do remember that FAT32
> has a 4gb file size limitation?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
>
>
> "Andy Wright" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I am trying to copy some large Video files to an external disc. There are 3
> > files, the smallest being 3 Gig, the largest 11 Gig. I am trying to back
> > up
> > to a 40 Gig disc, which has 27 gig spare. I am backing up from an 80 Gig
> > disc, which has 23 Gig spare.
> >
> > I am getting the error mesage, not enough Disc space availale to perform
> > this action. I am dragging/dropping the file and have tried the copy
> > command.
> >
> > I have an XP system with 1 Gig of RAM.
> >
> > Any ideas how to do this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > --
> > Andy Wright
>
>
>