Partition full - but it is not

[Heinrich Wolf]

Hi

Between 2 pc's I want to switch images of the system partition,
i.e. copy the notebook's system partition image (4-5GB) to the
desktop. The transfer by Windows Explorer progresses as expected,
but towards the end I allways get the msg. "Volume full", in
spite of some 20GB free space in the receiving partition. I tried
it both ways: desktop fetching from notebook and notebook sending
to desktop - no way. Most remarkable: the other way aroud -
transferring an image from desktop to notebook - it works flawlessly.

Any suggestions? TIA
Heinrich Wolf

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Between 2 pc's I want to switch images of the system partition,
i.e. copy the notebook's system partition image (4-5GB) to the
desktop. The transfer by Windows Explorer progresses as expected,
but towards the end I allways get the msg. "Volume full", in
spite of some 20GB free space in the receiving partition. I tried
it both ways: desktop fetching from notebook and notebook sending
to desktop - no way. Most remarkable: the other way aroud -
transferring an image from desktop to notebook - it works
flawlessly.

Is this 'image' a single file - larger than 2GB?
Is the desktop drive (the once being copied to) formatted with NTFS?

 

[dobey]

Hi

Between 2 pc's I want to switch images of the system partition, i.e. copy
the notebook's system partition image (4-5GB) to the desktop. The transfer
by Windows Explorer progresses as expected, but towards the end I allways
get the msg. "Volume full", in spite of some 20GB free space in the
receiving partition. I tried it both ways: desktop fetching from notebook
and notebook sending to desktop - no way. Most remarkable: the other way
aroud - transferring an image from desktop to notebook - it works
flawlessly.

Any suggestions? TIA
Heinrich Wolf

What is the file system. If the Desktop PC is using FAT32, that could be
your problem.

Is the receiving drive the C: drive or another partition. It could be the
system partition is receiving the file before moving it to the final
destination. If the system partition doesn't have enough space you will get
that error.

A file splitting utility such as HJSplit or WinRar could be of use here. Use
them to cut up the large image into smaller ones, then re assemble at
destination.

 

[Heinrich Wolf]

What is the file system. If the Desktop PC is using FAT32, that could be
your problem.

Is the receiving drive the C: drive or another partition. It could be the
system partition is receiving the file before moving it to the final
destination. If the system partition doesn't have enough space you will get
that error.

A file splitting utility such as HJSplit or WinRar could be of use here. Use
them to cut up the large image into smaller ones, then re assemble at
destination.

Desktop is FAT32, notebook NTFS.
But action failed with 20GB free space in receiving FAT32 partition.
Tried file splitting in halves using TotalCommander,
but then failed on reassembling for unknown reason.

-- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP wrote:
Is this 'image' a single file - larger than 2GB?
Is the desktop drive (the once being copied to) formatted

with NTFS?
The image is single file about 4.5GB.
HW

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Between 2 pc's I want to switch images of the system partition,
i.e. copy the notebook's system partition image (4-5GB) to the
desktop. The transfer by Windows Explorer progresses as expected,
but towards the end I allways get the msg. "Volume full", in
spite of some 20GB free space in the receiving partition. I tried
it both ways: desktop fetching from notebook and notebook sending
to desktop - no way. Most remarkable: the other way aroud -
transferring an image from desktop to notebook - it works
flawlessly.

Is this 'image' a single file - larger than 2GB?
Is the desktop drive (the once being copied to) formatted with NTFS?

Desktop is FAT32, notebook NTFS.
But action failed with 20GB free space in receiving FAT32 partition.
Tried file splitting in halves using TotalCommander,
but then failed on reassembling for unknown reason.

The image is single file about 4.5GB.

FAT32 cannot handle files over 2GB in size. It's as simple as that.
Either convert the desktop to NTFS or find a better way to split the image
file you are attempting to copy into smaller than 2GB chunks.

 

[Heinrich Wolf]

FAT32 cannot handle files over 2GB in size. It's as simple as that.
Either convert the desktop to NTFS or find a better way to split the image
file you are attempting to copy into smaller than 2GB chunks.

Now it is all clear to me: It does not matter whether the 4.3GB
file is coming along as a whole and can't be stored on FAT32, or
the file is splitted and then can't be joined - because the
joined file again is too big. But it needs not to be joined at
all, because safety aspects are met with the file parts too!

Problem solved - many thanks indeed!
Heinrich Wolf

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Desktop is FAT32, notebook NTFS.
But action failed with 20GB free space in receiving FAT32 partition.
Tried file splitting in halves using TotalCommander,
but then failed on reassembling for unknown reason.

with NTFS?
The image is single file about 4.5GB.

That's why. FAT32 can not create a file larger than 4GB. And when you
try to do so, it fails with the cryptic message "Volume full."

 

[M.I.5¾]

FAT32 cannot handle files over 2GB in size. It's as simple as that.
Either convert the desktop to NTFS or find a better way to split the image
file you are attempting to copy into smaller than 2GB chunks.

FAT32 cannot handle file sizes over *4GB* in size.

 

[Lil' Dave]

Desktop is FAT32, notebook NTFS.
But action failed with 20GB free space in receiving FAT32 partition.
Tried file splitting in halves using TotalCommander,
but then failed on reassembling for unknown reason.

with NTFS?
The image is single file about 4.5GB.
HW

Your partition imaging program should have an option to split the image file
into smaller units... It does not have to be "reassembled" for restoration
of the partition.
Dave

 

[Heinrich Wolf]

Thanks again to all helping to solve the puzzle.
Heinrich Wolf