[kalabula]

I am trying to move all the files from my 300gb external drive to a bigger 500gb but there are about 10 files (around 8gb and up) that it wont move because it says they are too big. How do I move them anyway?

[Bob Cerelli]

Is the new drive NTFS?

Can you copy them and then delete them?

[uhaligani]

Perhaps you could back them up with a program such as Acronis and then load them onto your new drive?

[silvershield]

Do you have 8gb or more space (Or whatever the file size you're transferring) free on your hard drive?

[kalabula]

Originally Posted by Bob Cerelli

Is the new drive NTFS?

Can you copy them and then delete them?

No its fat32. Should I change it to NTFS? And how?

[kalabula]

Originally Posted by silvershield

Do you have 8gb or more space (Or whatever the file size you're transferring) free on your hard drive?

Yes theres a few hundred free gigs on it still.

[Adrift]

You might want to try a program called Unstoppable Copier. I find that it moves stubborn files pretty well. http://www.roadkil.net/unstopcp.html

[kalabula]

Could I just format it to NTFS? What would be the downside to doing this?

[kalabula]

Originally Posted by Adrift

You might want to try a program called Unstoppable Copier. I find that it moves stubborn files pretty well. http://www.roadkil.net/unstopcp.html

Links no good.

edit: seems to work fine now.

[Bob Cerelli]

Start / Run / cmd

then

convert X: /fs:ntfs

where X: is the drive letter of the one you want to convert.