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Copying 4gb+ISO files to external hardrive- how to??

Swift66 · 2010-07-16 21:48:06

Hello, I have a WD 160gb HD and want to copy some 4.5gb ISO files to it. When I try its says theres not enough space, but there is plenty. I've found some posts online recommending converting the drive to NSFT's to overcome the 4 gig limitation.- and other posts saying this may damage content already on the drive. Is this…

16-07-2010 10:48pm

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Swift66

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Hello,

I have a WD 160gb HD and want to copy some 4.5gb ISO files to it. When I try its says theres not enough space, but there is plenty.

I've found some posts online recommending converting the drive to NSFT's to overcome the 4 gig limitation.- and other posts saying this may damage content already on the drive.

Is this true will changing from FAT32 do this?

Any ideas?

Cheers

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#2 16-07-2010 10:56pm

duffman85

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Converting the drive to NTFS means formatting the drive as NTFS.
This will erase everything on the drive.

FAT32 has a maximum file size limit of 4GB.

Your best bet if you have enough space is to copy everything off the drive on to your computer, then format the drive as NTFS and copy everything back onto the drive.

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#3 16-07-2010 11:06pm

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what OS are you? win7 can convert the drive without formatting. i've done it myself on a 1TB WD Elements and it didn't erase anything

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#4 16-07-2010 11:07pm

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FAT32 can be formatted to NTFS without any loss of data. Doing it the other way erases the drive.

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#5 16-07-2010 11:11pm

oisin

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You can convert FAT to NTFS using the convert command without losing data

"although the chance of corruption or data loss during the conversion is minimal, it is recommended that you backup any data that you do not want to lose on the volume that you want to convert before you start the conversion to be extra safe."

See here
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881
or
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11106-convert-fat-fat32-volume-ntfs.html

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#6 17-07-2010 12:50pm

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ah interesting. i never knew you could convert to ntfs without data loss.

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#7 17-07-2010 12:57pm

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yeah, it's only for FAT to NTFS though. go the opposite way, you have to format the hard drive.
i think it takes about a half-hour or shorter to do for a 1TB anyway. i can't really remember cos it was a few months ago. i had a few 4GB+ films that i wanted to back up but the WD was FAT32.

simples, really

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#8 17-07-2010 1:09pm

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I had the same issue before. I use a 1.5tb external as a backup. I wasn't able to transfer the big iso files, so I used windows Rar to split the iso files. I was able to transfer them then.

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#9 17-07-2010 1:44pm

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Just got a an ISO image file of a DVD and it wont play in Power DVD on laptop.

Do I need something like http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/home as listed on
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=231147
Thanks

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#10 17-07-2010 1:49pm

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yes you need to mount it on a virtual drive such as Daemon Tools, Slysoft Virtual Drive, or PowerISO, all of which will allow you do this.
you then select the virtual drive in PowerDVD or another player and play the DVD from that.

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#11 17-07-2010 3:00pm

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Many thanks,
Went with Daemon Tools Lite and it works very well, even across the network: perfect!

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#12 17-07-2010 7:33pm

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VLC plays ISO files by itself (assuming it is a DVD image).

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#13 19-07-2010 10:30pm

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Now that I have the ISO's working under XP, any free tools for viewing the ISOs on a MAC please?

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