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26-Oct-2009, 03:15 PM #1
cannot transfer ISO's onto my External
So far every time i try to transfer a 6 GB ISO file from my Xp Desktop to my Western Digital 1 TB external Hard drive, an error pops up that states that there is not enough disk space on my external for the file. I know that there is because i have 416 GB free space on there but i still cannot transfer the ISO.
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26-Oct-2009, 03:21 PM #2
what format is the drive in
FAT or NTFS
If FAT that is why
FAT32 - upto 4GB I think
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26-Oct-2009, 03:29 PM #3
yea FAT32, so i can only transfer data that is smaller than 4GB, how would i break down an ISO?
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26-Oct-2009, 03:41 PM #4
You would have to "reconstitute" the ISO and then copy all the files over to the drive to a folder. Virtual Clone Drive is a good program to use to mount the ISO so you don't have to burn a DVD.
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26-Oct-2009, 09:35 PM #5
Why not just copy whatever you want to other media and format the external as ntfs? Copy whatever back. This way there is no problem with iso type files.
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26-Oct-2009, 10:08 PM #6
mostly because i already have 500GB on my external
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26-Oct-2009, 11:08 PM #7
Where is the data on the external drive currently backed up to? If the answer is, "It isn't backed up," that's a bigger problem than trying to copy a file.

Using a 1TB drive with the FAT32 file system is inefficient, and it should be converted regardless.
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27-Oct-2009, 06:30 AM #8
Convert a backup drive to NTFS
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...nced/ntfs.mspx

About halfway down the page.
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27-Oct-2009, 08:58 AM #9
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mostly because i already have 500GB on my external
If that is your only copy of the data files, you are really asking for a problem. Remember data you do not have at least two copies of, is data you do not care about.

What are you going to do when the external fails?

All drives fail. It is only a question of when yours will fail.

If you decide to do a convert of the drive to ntfs, I always recommend having a backup of the files.
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