| Author |
Message |
|
rykard
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:28 pm
Posts: 228
|
HI,
I am trying to copy some iso files (3 x 4.2gb) to an empty 16gb usb stick. When I try this I get an error saying the stick is full. When I copy a text file there is no issue.. can anyone shed some light please?
_________________
cheers
Rich
A Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched with sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:47 am |
|
|
|
forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm
Posts: 5150
Location: /dev/tty0
|
If your USB stick is formatted with FAT32 then 4GB is your file size limit iirc
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:51 am |
|
|
|
rykard
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:28 pm
Posts: 228
|
ooh that sounds like it might be the issue..
Ok 2 more questions..
1) I am running XP home - can i format as NTFS and it will still work OK?
2) Is there a simple way to reformat/convert as I have other sticks that have data on that could have the same issue?
_________________
cheers
Rich
A Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched with sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:04 pm |
|
|
|
saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm
Posts: 8603
Location: location, location
|
Just go to the Command Prompt and execute the command:
C:\> CONVERT C: /fs:ntfs
Where C: is a name of the drive you want to convert.
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:37 pm |
|
|
|
rykard
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:28 pm
Posts: 228
|
Many thanks, I wish I had thought of posting over christmas, would've had it all sortde by now lol
_________________
cheers
Rich
A Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched with sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:44 pm |
|
|
|
John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
Posts: 7935
Location: Manchester.
|
Wouldn't it be easier and quicker, (assuming it's possible) to just right click the drive in "My Computer" and select Format from the menu, changing the FS to NTFS, and maybe selecting quick format...? Or am I missing something, (again)? _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise 
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:51 pm |
|
|
|
rykard
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:28 pm
Posts: 228
|
possibly, wil try it, i do have some sticks with data on them, and I am assuming the covert will keep this data. I will try both ways...
_________________
cheers
Rich
A Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched with sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:53 pm |
|
|
|
John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
Posts: 7935
Location: Manchester.
|
Yes, running the convert command should keep the data, but I mentioned the format option as you'd mentioed that the stick in the OP was empty. _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:55 pm |
|
|
|
rykard
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:28 pm
Posts: 228
|
Fair enough - I'm just glad the stick isn't bu88ered...
_________________
cheers
Rich
A Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched with sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:12 pm |
|
|
|
saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm
Posts: 8603
Location: location, location
|
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:44 pm |
|
|
|
John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
Posts: 7935
Location: Manchester.
|
 * 10 _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
|
| Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:38 pm |
|
|
|
rykard
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:28 pm
Posts: 228
|
sorted ,had to do a convert as I only had the option of a FAT32 format??
thanks for youe helps folks
_________________
cheers
Rich
A Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched with sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching
|
| Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:49 pm |
|
|
