10-14-2005, 01:01 PM
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Help with moving large files to extrenal HD
Well i have this problem, i bought a extrenal HD today and i can't move over 4GB files to it, because if i try windows starts complaining about having not enough space, though the HD is almost empty. i want to ask if somebody knows a way to byp*** that msg.
here are the HD's specs: USB 2.0 rotational speed: 7200 rpm seek time: <11ms buffer size: 8mb any help is aprichiated... |
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10-14-2005, 01:16 PM
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The Grim Reaper!
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It's FAT32 preformatted I guess. You have to got to Control Panel ->Administrative Tools->Disk Management somewhere there. Delete the partition you have on the USB drive (Fat32 again I guess). And then create a new primary NTFS partition on it. Format it and that should solve your problem
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Last edited by technobeast : 10-14-2005 at 01:21 PM. |
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10-14-2005, 01:41 PM
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true the file sytem type is FAT32. but is there a way to convert that exsisting partition, since moving files back and forth between inner HD and extrenal one consumes a bit time (since with almost empty i meant 58gb's roughly from the max of 250gb) cheers, Crise edit// thanks for fast reply |
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10-14-2005, 10:08 PM
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I would move your 58 gigs back and then format the HD and then move stuff back over. Once you format things should move a little faster but you are moving to an external HD so things will be slower then an internal drive.
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10-15-2005, 12:44 AM
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Yup.... in a command prompt 'convert volumename /FS:NTFS' works for HDDs. But I wouldn't recommend it for USB drives. May not always work. That's why I didn't even recommended the simple Format drive, but instead brought you to Administrative tools. |
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