anon Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hi,I have a very large (6.5 GB) file I need to archive onto a USB memory stick. The memory stick has plenty of space (7.45 GB), yet Windows thinks otherwise: "The disk in the destination drive is full. Insert a new disk to continue." I thought the command line might be a bit less dumb, but that too refuses to copy the file: "There is not enough space on the disk". How can I convince Windows to count properly?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Try formatting it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Try formatting it. :DIt already was formatted, but just in case it was in some weird state, I formatted it again (FAT32). Still no success, though :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Will it accept a smaller file? If it will, then I am stumped. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 The maximum size of a FAT 32 file is 4GB. To copy a larger file, the stick must be formatted in NTFS but, many (most) USB sticks cannot be formatted in that system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hi,I have a very large (6.5 GB) file That's not a file ...it's a rasp! An entire angle grinder even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hi,I have a very large (6.5 GB) file That's not a file ...it's a rasp! An entire angle grinder even. It's an archive of an entire website, probably including several GBs of server logs. To be honest, I could extract it, go through each file, and trim it down quite substantially, but I'd rather just save it onto a USB stick, bury it in the ground, and forget about it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 The maximum size of a FAT 32 file is 4GB. To copy a larger file, the stick must be formatted in NTFS but, many (most) USB sticks cannot be formatted in that system.Thanks very much, "pops" - works like a treat. It's a shame Windows couldn't give a useful error message in the first place, but it's just as well there are people like you out here willing to help!Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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