Copying 4gb+ISO files to external hardrive- how to??

Swift66

Hello,

I have a WD 160gb HD and want to copy some 4.5gb ISO files to it. When I try its says theres not enough space, but there is plenty.

I've found some posts online recommending converting the drive to NSFT's to overcome the 4 gig limitation.- and other posts saying this may damage content already on the drive.

Is this true will changing from FAT32 do this?

Any ideas?

Cheers

duffman85

Converting the drive to NTFS means formatting the drive as NTFS.
This will erase everything on the drive.

FAT32 has a maximum file size limit of 4GB.

Your best bet if you have enough space is to copy everything off the drive on to your computer, then format the drive as NTFS and copy everything back onto the drive.

RolandIRL

what OS are you? win7 can convert the drive without formatting. i've done it myself on a 1TB WD Elements and it didn't erase anything

partyatmygaff

FAT32 can be formatted to NTFS without any loss of data. Doing it the other way erases the drive.

oisin

You can convert FAT to NTFS using the convert command without losing data

"although the chance of corruption or data loss during the conversion is minimal, it is recommended that you backup any data that you do not want to lose on the volume that you want to convert before you start the conversion to be extra safe."

See here
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881
or
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11106-convert-fat-fat32-volume-ntfs.html

BrokenArrows

ah interesting. i never knew you could convert to ntfs without data loss.

RolandIRL

yeah, it's only for FAT to NTFS though. go the opposite way, you have to format the hard drive.
i think it takes about a half-hour or shorter to do for a 1TB anyway. i can't really remember cos it was a few months ago. i had a few 4GB+ films that i wanted to back up but the WD was FAT32.

simples, really

Krieg

I had the same issue before. I use a 1.5tb external as a backup. I wasn't able to transfer the big iso files, so I used windows Rar to split the iso files. I was able to transfer them then.

Carlow52

Just got a an ISO image file of a DVD and it wont play in Power DVD on laptop.

Do I need something like http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/home as listed on
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=231147
Thanks

RolandIRL

yes you need to mount it on a virtual drive such as Daemon Tools, Slysoft Virtual Drive, or PowerISO, all of which will allow you do this.
you then select the virtual drive in PowerDVD or another player and play the DVD from that.

Carlow52

Many thanks,
Went with Daemon Tools Lite and it works very well, even across the network: perfect!

Voodu Child

VLC plays ISO files by itself (assuming it is a DVD image).

Carlow52

Now that I have the ISO's working under XP, any free tools for viewing the ISOs on a MAC please?