can't copy/paste gigabyte video files between drives

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I have transferred many digital video tapes to my HDD and
converted them to VideoCD movies. Unfortunately, my C:
drive is now completely full with giant video files,
which I need to move to the extra HDD on my desktop
system or to a free HDD on another computer on my
Microsoft Windows Ethernet network. I am able to use
Windows Explorer copy/paste to transfer up to a 1.98
gigabyte file both over my network or to the extra HDD on
my same computer However, I get an error message when I
attempt to transfer a larger 4.6 gigabyte file, either
over my network or to the extra HDD on my same computer.
As you know, video files can be as large as 10 gigabytes
or even larger. Right now, I am stuck and unable to clear
up space on the C: drive of my main computer without
simply deleting the files. Is there a maximum size limit
on files that can be transferred using Windows Explorer?
If so, is there some way to raise this limit to a higher
value? Alternatively, is there some freeware or other
software available on the Internet or in stores that has
the ability to transfer between drives or over a network
large video files > 2 gigabytes? TIA
 
Is the extra hard drive formatted as NTFS..... otherwise you're running into
the FAT32 4gb file size limitaiton.

I transfer files from one drive to another all the time...as large as 30gb.
I have 3 hard drives, all formatted as NTFS.

Cari
www.coribright.com
 
I have an idea, it is a bit complex but will work. First, you'll need
another hard drive at least as big as the drive you are going to copy from,
in this instance it would be your C: drive. Next you'll need a copy of Ghost
from Symantec. You boot off the floppy that you made with the Ghost program,
then "ghost" the C: drive to the other drive, being EXTREMELY CAREFUL NOT TO
OVERWRITE YOUR C: DRIVE!!! My friend did this once and the results are
catastrophic and completely irreversible. You will have an exact copy of
your C: drive when finished. So then after you verify the results and see
your videos on the D: drive you can safely delete the files on your C:
drive. I have used this utility to make backups of hard drives and it is
flawless when used correctly. You can also make another "ghost" of your hard
drive and shelve it as a backup drive if you want to as well. If your
current hard drive fails, pop in the copy and away you go. The only thing
you'll lose is the work or email you didn't save on a CD-R since you last
"ghosted". Also, you might want to consider changing where your program
initially saves the files in the first place so you'll save yourself from
having this problem in the future.

I hope this helps you out.

John
 
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