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help trasfering large file

  • 18-10-2010 7:53pm
    #1
    Bulmers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 630 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a new laptop and am trying to transfer a 10G microsoft exchange .pst file,it has all my archives in it.

    I have a new 500Gb USB external drive,empty to trasfer stuff from old laptop to new one, everytime i try to copy the .pst to it, i get the error that the disk ( USB ) is full and suggests cleaning / deleting files to make room, but the disk is empty.

    I've created a zip file of the archive and it compresses it to 5Gb but it still gives the same error..

    Has anyone any ideas how i can get this archive over to new laptop or why the the computer is saying disk is full?

    thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Michael Collins
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael Collins


    Is the external drive formatted as FAT32 by any chance? This will have a max single file size of 4 GB.

    If the external drive is blank, is might be worthwhile reformatting it as NTFS (right-click from Computer). You can always change it back later.


  • #3
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,469 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    win rar is handy for splitting files if you stuck with trying to copy using fat disks with large files


  • #4
    Bulmers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 630 ✭✭✭Bulmers


    tks, sounds like that what the problem must be so, will try both suggestions

    cheers


  • #5
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    With regards to file copying, I'd highly recommend TeraCopy.

    http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php

    Just with copying such a large file you wouldn't want it to crap out during the process.


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