Moving a large .avi file - "file too large" message

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jase bates

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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
 

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jase bates said:
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
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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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Hi Jase,

Have you tried 'RoboCopy'? This is a command-line tool and the syntax you require is as follows. I am assuming that you are moving the file from drive C: to drive E:, but you can change these if you wish.

ROBOCOPY C:\<srcpath> E:\<dstpath> <filename> /MOV

<srcpath> path to source file.
<dstpath> (optional) path to destination. If omitted, destination is root of drive.
<filename> name of file in question, including extension.
/MOV switch to tell ROBOCOPY what to do when copying, in this case to delete the file from the source.

For further information on the syntax of ROBOCOPY, type 'ROBOCOPY /?' at a command prompt and press enter/return. To get the command prompt, click the start orb and type 'cmd' into the search box followed by enter/return.
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I CANT DO IT !! i changed (the autotuning) by cmd BUT NOTHING !! I cant copy or cut some .mkv files (video files) that are larger than 4 GB .. I WANT TO MOVE THEM to my EXTERNAL DISC !! plz help. i tried this and i tried ROBOCOPY too BUT nothing! plz help

i downloaded robocopy program but nothing... PLZ TELL ME WHAT TO DO !!!
 

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Dwarf said:
Hi Jase,

Have you tried 'RoboCopy'? This is a command-line tool and the syntax you require is as follows. I am assuming that you are moving the file from drive C: to drive E:, but you can change these if you wish.

ROBOCOPY C:\<srcpath> E:\<dstpath> <filename> /MOV

<srcpath> path to source file.
<dstpath> (optional) path to destination. If omitted, destination is root of drive.
<filename> name of file in question, including extension.
/MOV switch to tell ROBOCOPY what to do when copying, in this case to delete the file from the source.

For further information on the syntax of ROBOCOPY, type 'ROBOCOPY /?' at a command prompt and press enter/return. To get the command prompt, click the start orb and type 'cmd' into the search box followed by enter/return.
Dwarf
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I CANT DO IT !! i changed (the autotuning) by cmd BUT NOTHING !! I cant copy or cut some .mkv files (video files) that are larger than 4 GB .. I WANT TO MOVE THEM to my EXTERNAL DISC !! plz help. i tried this and i tried ROBOCOPY too BUT nothing! plz help

i downloaded robocopy program but nothing... PLZ TELL ME WHAT TO DO !!!
 

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You never answered the first question: What is the format of the disk to which you want to copy - NTFS or Fat32?
 

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