Not enough free space..

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From: Doug Boufford (doug_at_NOSPAMbouffordca.com)
Date: 02/06/05 

Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 08:56:15 -0500

XP Pro SP2 on Toshiba A70 laptop. HDD has 15 GB free.
External USB HDD (Maxtor 80GB) has 70GB free

Trying to copy\move a 4.6 GB file from laptop to external HDD & keep
receiving the (infamous) message
"Cannot copy *.*. There is not enough free space available on....."

Obviously there is loads of free spoace on both drives. I've re-booted &
same message. NAV shows no viruses.........

Any hints would be welcome.
TIA
Doug

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