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dcho787
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_ 		27. August 2005 @ 17:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm trying to transfer ISO's (4.3 gb in size), which I created with DVDshrink. I am transfering from my C drive to an external hard drive, which I recently purchased. All other files (mp3, pictures, and other smaller files) were transferred without a problem. However, when I try to transfer an ISO. I get a message saying "Cannot copy ("filename"): There is not enough free disk space. Delete one or more files to free disk space, and then try again". It keeps on saying this when I have NOTHING on the hard drive and there is at least 250 gigs free. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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yuppix
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_ 		27. August 2005 @ 20:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
check to see what disk system the external drive is set to. e.g. fat32, ntfs.
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dcho787
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_ 		27. August 2005 @ 20:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The format is MS-DOS File System FAT32
I also have the problem of the file "growing larger" when I transfer the file from my computer to the external HD.

Thanks for your help
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dcho787
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_ 		27. August 2005 @ 20:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is there any way to transfer files that are over 4.0 gb? If there is, can you tell me how?
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dcho787
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_ 		27. August 2005 @ 20:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
also, forget the above post about the files "growing larger".
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cornwafer
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_ 		28. August 2005 @ 00:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Extract from MS Article ID:314463
You cannot create a file larger than (2^32)-1 bytes (this is one byte less than 4 GB) on a FAT32 partition.

Under NTFS the file can be much bigger -
16 terabytes minus 64 KB

So you can either use DVD Shrink to make the file just under 4GB or convert to NTFS.
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