Re: New external HDD problem

Fat32 format on the External will only handle up to 4GB file size. Convert it to NTFS or get a file splitting utility to make <4GB pieces.

une wrote:

1st, sorry for cross posting this in XP General, but I didn't see this sub forum until it was too late and I don't know how to remove the other post.

I bought a 250GB Seagate USB 2.0 external hard drive to free up my internal HD. XP does not seem to like it. I have copied many small files to the new drive with no problem. However I just tried to copy some large video files to it without success. The external drive has 230GB free. However when I try to copy a 12.4GB file from my system to the external HD, XP tells me there is not enough room and that I should delete files beore trying again. There is plenty of room on th external HD and XP has got it wrong. The weird thing is that when I right click on the external drive's icon and view it's properties, XP tells me there is 230GB free. How can I solve this problem?


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