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Posted on 09/01/2019 1:46:30 PM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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Yes, I'm still on XP Pro but I can't believe that has anything to do with the price of tea in China or copying these files. Orrrrrrr..... I do have a laptop laying around with W7 on it.......
And I use to know computers.
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
Your file is a tad too big. The typical thumb drive uses a FAT32 file system. The maximum size file that type of file system can handle is 4 gigabytes. Reformat the thumb drive with either an exFAT file system, or a Linux EXT4 file system, and then do your copying to the new file system.
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posted on
09/01/2019 1:52:21 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(In Italia i fascisti si dividono in due categorie : i fascisti e gli antifascisti. -- Ennio Flaiano)
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
How is the USB drive formatted? If it’s FAT16 or FAT32 you may be running into a filesize limitation.
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
Try to copy a 1 MB file from the same drive.
You might get the same message.
A drive that is making noise does not bode well.
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posted on
09/01/2019 1:54:01 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
Not all file systems allow for a 4gb file. Check and make sure your using ntds or efat. I bet that’s the issue
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posted on
09/01/2019 1:54:14 PM PDT
by
waynesa98
(.)
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
What about using the command line prompt in a DOS window?
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posted on
09/01/2019 1:56:46 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(I am His and He is Mine)
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
Your thumb drive is probably formatted in fat32 file system. That has a limit of 4 GB for any single file. Perhaps the source and the fat32 implementation disagree on what 4 GB means. It can mean literally 4,000,000,000 bytes (decimal), or 4,294,967,296 bytes - which is the power of 2, or even something in between if the file system counts header/permission data against the 4GB limit. I haven't looked into fat32 in a while.
If you're using windows consider reformatting the thumb drive in NTFS. It means a little less (or slightly more difficult) compatibility, but even Macs and Linux systems should be able to at least read it.
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
Hmmmmmm, when I try to copy a 4.05 GB file to the 64 GB jumpdrive the system says the destination is full. But of course when I do a “Properties” on the drive it says there is 63 GB available.
Is there something I’m missing?????
= = =
Maybe your ‘64 GB’ is counterfeit, and can’t hold that much.
Where did you get it?
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posted on
09/01/2019 2:12:29 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM, maybe more so!)
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
Did the drive come with software on it already? Security etc.? There could be something in that software not approving that size of file. I always delete all that stuff on a new thumbdrive because sometimes it won’t let me do what I want to do until it is gone.
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
File is too big, format usb drive to NTFS or use Linux
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posted on
09/01/2019 2:45:38 PM PDT
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eyeamok
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
Allen meister. Making copies!
To: Openurmind
If it does the same thing with a different file of equal or large size then it’s either the format (FAT32 vs exFAT)on the USB drive or a bad USB drive.
To: gibsonguy
I absolutely agree. It’s just that some drive manufacturers and I have had conflicts of interest before. Removing their pre-installed proprietary crap usually fixes it.
To: eyeamok
It only cost $10 so I’ll try formatting to NTFS. Yes, it says FAT 32. Thanks all for the info. And the old drive is NTFS.!!
To: ken in texas
Can’t you reformat it to NTFS.
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posted on
09/01/2019 3:04:27 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: dhs12345
Yes you can, but he didn’t say how it was already formatted.
To: eyeamok
Formatted and its copying. Had to use my Vista laptop to format. Thanks again.
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
IIRC, XP would only allow files up to 2 GB. It could not handle anything larger.
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posted on
09/01/2019 3:37:46 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
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posted on
09/01/2019 4:04:05 PM PDT
by
null and void
(After those deliberate lies THEY owe it to me to be honest, I don't owe them to be less suspicious.)
To: waynesa98
EFAT has a 4 GB limitation. Needs to go to an exFAT (extended file allocation table)
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