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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Cannot copy large files to USB that still has free space

ex: Situation:
I have a game installer about 5gig of file size.
My flash drive has 8gig of free space and newly formatted.

Problem:
I cannot copy large files such as ISO files in to my usb/flash/pen drive/disk even if my usb drive still has large free space available. It keeps saying "DISK MEMORY FULL".

1st Possible Solution:
**WARNING** this will erase all of your files in your usb drive. Format your computer by doing right click on your drive then choose format. A new box will pop-up check quick format on format options. Wait for it to finish.

Explanation: Maybe your USB has viruses inside it that is eating up the memory space.

2nd Possible Solution:
Formatting your USB this way. This kind of formatting will not erase any files inside your USB.
On windows RUN command type "CONVERT X: /FS:NTFS" where X is the drive letter of your USB. A box will Pop-up with writing on it wait for it to finish or close it self.
You can now copy large files on your USB drive.

Explanation:
2 kinds of format on drive:
1. FAT32
2. NTFS
Most USB are FAT32 on default format. FAT32 has a limit of 4gig file size. That's why you will format your USB using this "CONVERT X: /FS:NTFS" to convert it to NTFS which can handle very large files.

8 comments:

  1. Actually, these 2 are the only solutions if we are getting similar kind of problem. If still your problem has not been solved then must be there is some defect in USB drive.

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  2. This is probably due to the fact that most flash drives are formatted with the FAT32 file-system. A limit of FAT32 is that the largest any single file can be is around 4.2 gigabytes. For example, you cannot copy a 10 gig file to a 16 gig flash drive. NOT because it wouldn't fit on the drive but because the file-system cannot handle a file of that size. I hope this helps.

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  3. Thank you very much. The second solution worked

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  4. thank you so much ...it works ...

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  5. The convert really works. Great help.

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  6. the convert not work plz give another solution for this problem

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  7. Option 2 worked for me. Thank you..

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