Re: Is there a limit to file size that can be copied

I had that same problem and reformated my WD Book drive to NTSC. But now I
am having a different problem with the WD Book. It constantly gives me a
delayed write file error and locks up the WD Book. I have to unplug and
disconnect it from my computer, wait a few minutes then replug it and
reconnect. It happens whether I use the USB port or the Firewire port and
mostly happens on large files when I am trying to transfer it. I looked up
the problem on Microsoft Support and there is a knowledge base writeup saying
I need a hotfix to correct the problem. The knowledge base does not give a
link to the hot fix download. When I click on the support link, it takes me
to the MS website contacts page. It says I have to call them for the hot
fix. Why don't they just have the hotfix available to download, why do I
have to call them? I do not have time to be waiting on the phone for someone
to help.
Sandy D


"loren" wrote:

One more question:
If I right click on the compressed drive and go to 'properties' it looks
like I have the option of un-checking the 'compress drive' block. If I
decide that performance is degraded more than I wish, and were to uncheck
that block, what would happen to the files already compressed?




"loren" wrote:

Is there any downside to having them compressed?
Does it slow their processing?




"Leonard Grey" wrote:

That means the files and folders were compressed with XP's built-in file
compression utility.

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loren wrote:
Thanks to all of you who replied.
Of course you were correct. I decided to reformat and lost my backup, but
was pleased with the results because my re-backup was flawless and now I'm
confident that all files are there.

One more question though... I notice that when I open explorer now that the
new drive is listed in a blue font and all the directories and files are in
blue font. What does that mean?




"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

loren wrote:
Using Win XP Home, 2.6 ghz, 2 gb ram. I just bought a 500 gb WD
Ebook external hd, and am trying to copy all "my documents" from an
older drive to the 500 bg drive as a backup. But there is one
video file that will not copy... it's just over 5 bg. A box poped
up and says there is not enough space on my new drive.. which at
that time had pretty much nothing on it. I have since copied over
80 gb with no problems, but the one file over 5 gb will not copy.
Is there a file size limit for copying or do I have a different
kind of problem?
FAT32 formatted drive - 4GB size limit on FAT32.
NTFS does not have this limit.
You would need to format/convert the drive to NTFS to take advantage of
this.

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