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**Dzomlija** · 07-06-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by jase bates

Hi,

does anyone know how to overcome the moving of a large file ? i have an 8gb file located in mydocs which i wish to move to an external drive.

i recieve the message to large to move..... why is this? I would appreciate if anyone might have the answer as to how i could get this to work out.

cheers

Jase

Check whether the external drive is formatted NTFS or FAT32. If the drive is FAT32, then the maximum allowed size for files is 4GB. You'll either need to convert the drive to NTFS, or split the AVI file into smaller chunks that fit within the FAT32 4GB boundary.

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Dzomlija Windows Vista x64 Ultimate 2,217 posts	Re: Moving a large .avi file - "file too large" message Quote: Originally Posted by jase bates Hi, does anyone know how to overcome the moving of a large file ? i have an 8gb file located in mydocs which i wish to move to an external drive. i recieve the message to large to move..... why is this? I would appreciate if anyone might have the answer as to how i could get this to work out. cheers Jase Check whether the external drive is formatted NTFS or FAT32. If the drive is FAT32, then the maximum allowed size for files is 4GB. You'll either need to convert the drive to NTFS, or split the AVI file into smaller chunks that fit within the FAT32 4GB boundary.
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