16Gb USB Stick

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I have just got a 16Gb USB Stick.
It shows in windows as 16Gb, I can copy files to it to a total of 16Gb
but when I try to copy a file that is 4.8Gb it tells me disk full.
anyone got any ideas

Windows XP PRO SP2
 
If it's formatted as FAT32, you can't have a 4GB (or larger) file on it.
FAT32 has a 4 GB maximum filesize limit for any file. (OTOH, the
advantage of having it formatted as FAT or FAT32 is it's more flexible (for
general use with some other operating systems)
 
Is your USB drive formatted in FAT32? (Most are.) The maximum file size
supported in FAT32 is 4GB.
 
CHris said:
I have just got a 16Gb USB Stick.
It shows in windows as 16Gb, I can copy files to it to a total of
16Gb but when I try to copy a file that is 4.8Gb it tells me disk
full. anyone got any ideas

Windows XP PRO SP2
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FAT32 does not support individual files over 4GB in size.
Format the USB stick NTFS or find a way to keep your files under 4GB in
size.
 
Shenan said:
FAT32 does not support individual files over 4GB in size.
Format the USB stick NTFS or find a way to keep your files under 4GB in
size.
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How do I format it NTFS windows format only has FAT32 in it well on my
computer
now using sp3
 
Thanks for the reply's

Well if I can't do that how can I split a ISO file so I can transfer to
another computer. my stupid DVD software is playing up
 
CHris said:
I have just got a 16Gb USB Stick.
It shows in windows as 16Gb, I can copy files to it to a total of
16Gb but when I try to copy a file that is 4.8Gb it tells me disk
full. anyone got any ideas

Windows XP PRO SP2
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
FAT32 does not support individual files over 4GB in size.
Format the USB stick NTFS or find a way to keep your files under
4GB in size.
Click to expand...

CHris said:
How do I format it NTFS windows format only has FAT32 in it well on
my computer now using sp3
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Formatting the USB thumb drive with NTFS should not be overly difficult.

Make sure you want that - however. In general - other than Windows machines
in the NT family - you won't find a lot of native reading/writing of NTFS.
;-)

Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find
information on problems you may be having and solutions others have found:

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

If you did a Google search - you would likely find the following hits...

http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4580
or
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/format-usb-ntfs/
or
http://www.technize.com/2008/07/14/how-to-format-usb-drive-with-ntfs-file-system/
or
http://www.pctipsbox.com/format-a-usb-drive-with-ntfs-file-system/

Enjoy!
 
CHris Taylor said this on 1/1/2009 12:51 AM:
Thanks for the reply's

Well if I can't do that how can I split a ISO file so I can transfer to
another computer. my stupid DVD software is playing up
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Winrar and winzip programs allow you to take a file and create a zip or
rar file, and in the process specify 'split into volumes' and then you
specify the size of the parts. Due to file attachment limitations of
most mail/news systems this has been done for years where files are
broken down for something in the range of 2 megs each and then sent in
pieces. Granted its 300 pieces but it works.

For your use you just need to split the file to 3gig or so to make sure
it safely sits on the drive.

Google around, there are also splitter and joiner programs to do this,
its a specific task and a specific program where winrar is a
multitasking program. Compression and split.
 
CHris said:
How do I format it NTFS windows format only has FAT32 in it well on my
computer
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Two approaches:

1. Open a command prompt and try: "format z: /fs:ntfs"
2. Delve into the properties for the drive, until you find "Policies"
and change to "Optimize for perfoemance" - this should get you the
"NTFS" choice in the format option.

I would anticipate that (1) will get you an error message that the
device cannot be formatted NTFS, but I'm not prepared to format my 8Gb
key to see what happens - I did in the past, but fell back to FAT32 for
reasons I have forgotten. It took ages.

Both of the above will destroy any data you already have on the device,
so take appropriate actions beforehand.
 
its very easy to format in ntfs!
make sure the usb flash drive is empty of files you might need

right click on it, and you will see format,

select NTFS!

that's it!

Now you can fit as big files as you like
 
CBoom said:
its very easy to format in ntfs!
make sure the usb flash drive is empty of files you might need

right click on it, and you will see format,

select NTFS!

that's it!

Now you can fit as big files as you like
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Not quite true...

USB flash drives/thumb drives/memory sticks that come formatted FAT32 (the
majority still) will also have to have something done to them in device
manager before one can follow your advice...

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/format-usb-ntfs/
 
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