File too large for destination???

95thrifles · 7 Jul 2009 at 12:32

Hi wonder if anyone can help
Im trying to move a file from main HDD to external HDD, the file is 7.73gig (video file(s) contained in a rar file) I have over 200gig of space on external drive, but I keep getting the message it cant move it beacuse its too big? anyone know why? or anyway around this?
cheers

garylouden · 7 Jul 2009 at 12:33

Is the external drive formatted in FAT32 or NTFS?

If its in FAT then that's the problem.

stoofa · 7 Jul 2009 at 12:35

This will definitely be the problem.
FAT32 only supports file sizes up to 4GB

95thrifles · 7 Jul 2009 at 12:37

yep thats it, damn it
oh well, thanks for enlightening me
now i have to choose whether to keep it or bin it, lol
cheers for help

peige · 7 Jul 2009 at 12:38

Depending on what kind of storage it is you may be able to convert it with a simple command line to NTFS without loss of data.
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garylouden · 7 Jul 2009 at 12:38

95thrifles said:
yep thats it, damn it
oh well, thanks for enlightening me
now i have to choose whether to keep it or bin it, lol
cheers for help

Just copy your files from the external to your machine, format it in NTFS and then copy the files back.

Uhtred · 7 Jul 2009 at 14:00

as above - you can convert it without data loss

Duff-Man · 7 Jul 2009 at 14:09

95thrifles said:
yep thats it, damn it
oh well, thanks for enlightening me
now i have to choose whether to keep it or bin it, lol

Err, not really...

Why not just .rar the file up into 2 or more parts so that each file will fit into the FAT32 limit? You can set the compression to absolute minimum so that it will complete in seconds.

ultrakipper · 7 Jul 2009 at 14:54

why dont you unrar it to the drive ?

Venares · 7 Jul 2009 at 15:02

CONVERT volume: /FS:NTFS /x

Code:

H:\>convert /?
Converts FAT volumes to NTFS.

CONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/V] [/CvtArea:filename] [/NoSecurity] [/X]

  volume      Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
              mount point, or volume name.
  /FS:NTFS    Specifies that the volume is to be converted to NTFS.
  /V          Specifies that Convert should be run in verbose mode.
  /CvtArea:filename
              Specifies a contiguous file in the root directory to be
              the place holder for NTFS system files.
  /NoSecurity Specifies the converted files and directories security
              settings to be accessible by everyone.
  /X          Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
              All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid.

95thrifles · 7 Jul 2009 at 17:15

yeah ive just extracted it to the external hdd, minor brain freeze earlier, lol, cheers anyway guys