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Hello,
I hope someone can help me.

I don’t understand why I keep seeing this every time I try to move a file
larger than 3.5GB. to my external drive.
The external drive is a 400GB drive and is showing more than enough space
available.
I make lots of instructional movies for educational purposes and need to
store them effectively. My laptop is running XP pro with a 64 bit processor
and 2GB of ram but only has a 120GB hard drive and so I must keep it cleared.
Is there something I am not considering?
Thank you

--
panehyiotis

Is the external drive formatted as a FAT16 or 32 volume? If so, the max
file size is 4 GB - 1 byte. Convert the volume to NTFS.

Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User

"panehyiotis" <> wrote in message
news:C052CB47-DC6A-4101-A63F-...
> Hello,
> I hope someone can help me.
>
> I don’t understand why I keep seeing this every time I try to move a
> file
> larger than 3.5GB. to my external drive.
> The external drive is a 400GB drive and is showing more than enough
> space
> available.
> I make lots of instructional movies for educational purposes and need
> to
> store them effectively. My laptop is running XP pro with a 64 bit
> processor
> and 2GB of ram but only has a 120GB hard drive and so I must keep it
> cleared.
> Is there something I am not considering?
> Thank you
>
> --
> panehyiotis

Thanks. It is a FAT 32 so I will convert it. Hope I can do that without
loosing all my "stuff."
--
panehyiotis


"Tom Ferguson" wrote:

> Is the external drive formatted as a FAT16 or 32 volume? If so, the max
> file size is 4 GB - 1 byte. Convert the volume to NTFS.
>
> Tom
> MSMVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> "panehyiotis" <> wrote in message
> news:C052CB47-DC6A-4101-A63F-...
> > Hello,
> > I hope someone can help me.
> >
> > I don’t understand why I keep seeing this every time I try to move a
> > file
> > larger than 3.5GB. to my external drive.
> > The external drive is a 400GB drive and is showing more than enough
> > space
> > available.
> > I make lots of instructional movies for educational purposes and need
> > to
> > store them effectively. My laptop is running XP pro with a 64 bit
> > processor
> > and 2GB of ram but only has a 120GB hard drive and so I must keep it
> > cleared.
> > Is there something I am not considering?
> > Thank you
> >
> > --
> > panehyiotis
>
>

Yes you can. You need to run a command prompt convert d: /fs:ntfs
where d is the drive letter you want to convert. If not in use it will
happen immediately, otherwise when you next start the computer. You should
at a minimum run defrag before you do so.


"panehyiotis" <> wrote in message
news:0463C9FA-80AD-4EFE-AAF8-...
> Thanks. It is a FAT 32 so I will convert it. Hope I can do that without
> loosing all my "stuff."
> --
> panehyiotis
>
>
> "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> Is the external drive formatted as a FAT16 or 32 volume? If so, the max
>> file size is 4 GB - 1 byte. Convert the volume to NTFS.
>>
>> Tom
>> MSMVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>> "panehyiotis" <> wrote in message
>> news:C052CB47-DC6A-4101-A63F-...
>> > Hello,
>> > I hope someone can help me.
>> >
>> > I don’t understand why I keep seeing this every time I try to move a
>> > file
>> > larger than 3.5GB. to my external drive.
>> > The external drive is a 400GB drive and is showing more than enough
>> > space
>> > available.
>> > I make lots of instructional movies for educational purposes and need
>> > to
>> > store them effectively. My laptop is running XP pro with a 64 bit
>> > processor
>> > and 2GB of ram but only has a 120GB hard drive and so I must keep it
>> > cleared.
>> > Is there something I am not considering?
>> > Thank you
>> >
>> > --
>> > panehyiotis
>>
>>