Easy Transfer Fat32 error message...

trying to move my files over using wd external usb 2.0 hd with 200gb free. i
can move small bits over fine, but when i try to move my main files
(including approx 30gb of music) i get a fat32 compatibility error message.
is there a way to move large blocks of files using this tool?

cohenfive wrote:
> trying to move my files over using wd external usb 2.0 hd with 200gb
> free. i can move small bits over fine, but when i try to move my main
> files (including approx 30gb of music) i get a fat32 compatibility
> error message. is there a way to move large blocks of files using
> this tool?
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I think 4 GBs is the limit on a FAT32 partition.

Have a look at the following article:

(314463) Limitations of the FAT32 File System
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463/en-us

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On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:57:54 -0400, "John Inzer" <>
wrote:

>cohenfive wrote:
>> trying to move my files over using wd external usb 2.0 hd with 200gb
>> free. i can move small bits over fine, but when i try to move my main
>> files (including approx 30gb of music) i get a fat32 compatibility
>> error message. is there a way to move large blocks of files using
>> this tool?

>I think 4 GBs is the limit on a FAT32 partition.

No; 4G is the maximum size of a single file on a FAT32 volume; the
volume can be huge, over 137G and way beyond.

He's prolly got a couple of DVD images > 4G there, or he has ADS that
won't survive the trip to FATland.



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"John Inzer" wrote:

> cohenfive wrote:
> > trying to move my files over using wd external usb 2.0 hd with 200gb
> > free. i can move small bits over fine, but when i try to move my main
> > files (including approx 30gb of music) i get a fat32 compatibility
> > error message. is there a way to move large blocks of files using
> > this tool?
> ==================================
> I think 4 GBs is the limit on a FAT32 partition.
>
> Have a look at the following article:
>
> (314463) Limitations of the FAT32 File System
> in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463/en-us
>
> --
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
> i have little idea what this article is saying other than effectively that my 2 external hd's won't work for some ridiculous reason...since i have lots of data on both hd's a reformat is out of the question. i guess that the 'easy transfer' application isn't so easy after all...

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