Problem Copying a Large File

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From: The Lurker At The Threshold (sheenaelghund_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:48:47 GMT

I have 2 external hard drives. I am attempting to copy a large (4.19 GB)
file from one to the other. Tje destination drive has 32 GB of free space
but each time I attempt to do the copy,Windows tells me there is not enough
space available on the target drive.

I am mystified.

Any suggestions?

Sheena

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