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Transferring large files to an external hard-drive
Mai-Kero
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So I've got a seven gig file I need to transfer to my external, which is a WD 500g MyBook connected to my laptop via USB. When I try to cut and paste it or copy it over, I get the message "Not enough free space" even though the external has 400 GB free and the laptop drive has like 60 free.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
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Your drive is most likely formatted in FAT32 (they do this since it's a lowest common denominator file system.)
Son of a bitch. How can I tell?
Edit: nevermind, I just right-clicked.
That was indeed the problem. I guess I've got to reformat this beast again.
You've probably already done it, but if not, you can convert the disk to NTFS without reformatting it. Instructions here
I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?
To be honest, you should avoid that if you can - while it works, you cxan end up with a suboptimum sector sizing.