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 Post subject: File Writing/Moving Problems
PostPosted: Mon 11-12-2007 3:34PM 
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I've been moving some files onto an external hard drive, but there are a few where it refuses to move because it says there is insufficent space. The thing is, there is plenty of space. If I break the files up into smaller chunks, they move just fine. Much larger files also have no problem, it seems to be confined to a certain size range. I've tried error-checking, defragmenting, scanning, etc on the external, but I can't figure out how to fix it. The only thing that's different between the two is that one is NTFS and the other is FAT32. Any ideas or suggestions?

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PostPosted: Mon 11-12-2007 3:35PM 
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fat32 has limitations that ntfs does not, certain characters and file sizes are the most obvious.

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PostPosted: Mon 11-12-2007 5:01PM 
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The main one, is that a FAT32 partition cannot hold a file larger than 4GB.

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PostPosted: Mon 11-12-2007 5:13PM 
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If that's the case I really am a dumbass. I thought I had files larger than that, but I guess that was the total size and I'll have to check when I get home. Thanks.

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X = 0.999999...
10x = 9.999999999...
10x - x = 9.99999... - x
x(10-1) = 9.9999... - x
9x = 9.9999... -x
9x = 9 (since x = 0.999...)
x = 1 = 0.99999


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PostPosted: Mon 11-12-2007 11:39PM 
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Depending on the programing writing the file, the limit can be as low as 2GB per single file with FAT32.

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