Trouble copying large files

Nerin

Hi,
got myself a 1TB hard drive,and shes a beaut.
problem is, copying files from my 500gig HDD. The copy kept getting cancelled, saying there wasnt enough disk space.
i then tried copying folder by folder, and again, messages about disk space.
so i tried copying individual sub folders, and thats been working well, until large individual files (4 gb +) are stopping my copy, saying not enough disk space.
i are confuzzled.

any ideas ?

Delirium

Nerin wrote: »

Hi,
got myself a 1TB hard drive,and shes a beaut.
problem is, copying files from my 500gig HDD. The copy kept getting cancelled, saying there wasnt enough disk space.
i then tried copying folder by folder, and again, messages about disk space.
so i tried copying individual sub folders, and thats been working well, until large individual files (4 gb +) are stopping my copy, saying not enough disk space.
i are confuzzled.

any ideas ?

Found this, might be related to your problem:

You may see "There is not enough space on the disk" error message in log file. Usually that means exactly what it says -- you don't have enough free space on destination to copy the file.

However, sometimes you may see this message even destination has enough free space. That usually happens, when you are trying to copy a very large file to a FAT- or FAT32-formatted disk. Maximum file size FAT partition can create is 2GB and for FAT32 it is 4GB. For example, if you try to copy a 5GB file from an NTFS-formatted disk to a FAT32-formatted disk, this will fail with the very same error message, although there is enough free space left. Not sure why Windows does not give more precise error message about the real cause of the error. If you need to copy that large files, your destination must have NTFS format.

Nerin

goddam, that must be it. now, how to change it to ntfs...

SickBoy

go to a command prompt and type convert x: /fs:NTFS (x being the letter of your drive)

Nerin

done and done.

although, its still appearing as fat32, it also told me the drive was dirty (?!:p)

Nerin

did a system restart, and deleted all files off the hdd, but its still not working

Jonathan

My computer --> right click on drive --> format --> ntfs

Nerin

jmccrohan wrote: »

My computer --> right click on drive --> format --> ntfs

i assumed that'd be my only option, its working away now as i type, i'll let ye know what happens. thanks for the help btw

biko

Yeah, formatting was the first thing that entered my head too when I read OP.

Nerin

its about 3/4 done... gods its slow

PogMoThoin

Nerin wrote: »

its about 3/4 done... gods its slow

Because format without clicking the "quick format" button also does a Checkdisk (chkdsk) as its formatting. I usually do a quick format and then run a manual overnight checkdisk sometime later.

Nerin

Thanks everyone, worked fine after that, everything i needed transfered from my 500gig.
The TB is working great.
saga continues with a faulty 160gig that keeps turning on and off, but screw it, im happy with what i have at the moment

cheers