Cant copy 9Gb file to USB hard drive (450Gb).

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Long file name? Zip or raring the file will allow it to be copied.

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Formatted the USB drive as NTFS.

Still says cant copy file. Any ideas?
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9 gb file??

pretty big file.

perhaps, you might try zipping
it first,

then if it transfers over to the
external drive,

unzipp it.

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Formatted the USB drive as NTFS.

Still says cant copy file. Any ideas?
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Try using WinRAR to split it into 1GB files and create a self-
extracting RAR. Kind of odd that NTFS would have a problem though.
 
I just remembered you can only zip files up to 2 gigabytes. Can use winrar
to rar the file.
9 gb file??

pretty big file.

perhaps, you might try zipping
it first,

then if it transfers over to the
external drive,

unzipp it.

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I just remembered you can only zip files up to 2 gigabytes. Can use winrar
to rar the file.









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Who told you that lie? The original zip format couldn't handle files
larger than 4GB but that was addressed in version 4.5 of the ZIP
format which is currently at version 6.3.2

What's the point of zipping it anyway? You aren't going to compress a
9GB file by very much, and definitely not below 4GB which is a limit
of FAT32. He's better off splitting the file with WinRAR or 7z.
 
~BD~ said:
Mike - you are a detail person, so some advice please.
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Someone in the group of MVPs probably knows the answer to this
unimportant puzzling. At the outset it appears to me that the dts-l
group desired to change from one webhost to another perhaps due to the
cost of traffic.
The pages at the links you posted are, indeed, different.
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The link Ken posted redirects in the general direction of the link I
recommended. It is logical that prior to the redirection, the link Ken
posted was where the page/s were. That is, Ken's link redirects
(imprecisely) to the default/front page of the Desktop Systems pages
http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/default.htm ; whereas the page which he
wanted to reference is actually linked *from* that page (left column,
item 'Posting Tips') http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm
Each, however, has this item at the bottom of the page:

© Copyright MVP-DTS (DTS-L) 1999 - 2000. All rights reserved.

I find it difficult to understand why the copyright has not been updated
to 2009 - all similar items I've looked at are always kept current.
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I don't comprehend your point. The Last Modified on that page sez:

Last-Modified: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 05:39:25 GMT
I'm also wondering why Alex Nichol is listed as a member if that page
*is* current. Why? See http://aumha.org/a/alexpix.htm
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I don't see where the "40 current and former Microsoft MVPs" of the
Desktop Systems group are listed on/ in any of/ the dts-l pages referred
above. There is a link on the front page to the generic Microsoft MVPs
at http://support.microsoft.com/support/mvp/

I don't know why you are getting into the aumha business on this thread.
Any ideas? TIA
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No I don't understand your point or quest.
 
To my shock, I've found that some USB
drives are usable only as FAT32 format!
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Where did you find that? How do you know it's true?

Considering that an external USB drive is nothing but an ordinary
internal drive in a special external USB case, I have a hard time
believing that it can be true. They should all be usable the same ways
and NTFS should be one of those ways.
 
I read it on the internet and on usenet and have tried to zip files larger than 2
gigabytes to confirm. Yes confirmed you can't zip a file larger than 2 gigabytes.
Who told you that lie? The original zip format couldn't handle files
larger than 4GB but that was addressed in version 4.5 of the ZIP
format which is currently at version 6.3.2

What's the point of zipping it anyway? You aren't going to compress a
9GB file by very much, and definitely not below 4GB which is a limit
of FAT32. He's better off splitting the file with WinRAR or 7z.
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Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday
 
I read it on the internet and on usenet and have tried to zip
files larger than 2 gigabytes to confirm. Yes confirmed you can't
zip a file larger than 2 gigabytes.
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Well, using WinZip 12.0, I just now had no problems zipping-up a 3+
Gigabyte file. It didn't compress very well but it did result in a
valid 3 Gigabyte .zip file. So I guess that it is now un-confirmed.

-- John
 
I read it on the internet and on usenet and have tried to zip files larger than 2
gigabytes to confirm. Yes confirmed you can't zip a file larger than 2 gigabytes.






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The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

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Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper
manners

Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs,

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the
realm of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday
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No, you've just confirmed that YOU cannot zip a file bigger than 2GB.
2GB was never a limitation of the ZIP standard, like I already said.

http://imgur.com/BGPGx.png

That file is over 4GB.

For my next trick, I will debunk the myth by ignorant noobs that you
can format the system drive in Windows XP from Windows XP using the
command-line format command.
 
have you ensured that your external
drive has sufficient power?

some external drives need additional
power in order to fully function.

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there is perhaps another method
you can utilize, but it is unprovened
on my part.

what you might try is the driveimagexml
freeware

it has the ability to make disk images in
a couple of sizes, either one whole
image or cd size images.

since it is 9 gigs, it might work.

but since it is a single 9 gig file, it may not.

just a thought to consider.

incidentally, can you explain what is this
large file?

perhaps, there is a special method required
other than the usual ones

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Last time i listen to that stupid Chuckcar and his dumb advice.
No, you've just confirmed that YOU cannot zip a file bigger than 2GB.
2GB was never a limitation of the ZIP standard, like I already said.

http://imgur.com/BGPGx.png

That file is over 4GB.

For my next trick, I will debunk the myth by ignorant noobs that you
can format the system drive in Windows XP from Windows XP using the
command-line format command.
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The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG

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Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs,

Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake!

El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar

Master Juba was a black man imitating a white man imitating a black man

Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the realm
of understandability

Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday
 
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