WD Passport | 125GB Free but will not taken 4gb ISO file

Rollerr · 03-22-2008, 06:43 AM

XP Pro SP2
WD Passport 150GB USB HardDrive

When I click on this harddrive under My computer and go into properties, it shows:

Used space: 25.5GB
Free Space: 123GB

I have a ISO file on my computer desktop (a ripped DVD file) of 4.19GB.
When I try to move this file to the WD Passport, I immediately get a pop-up error message saying:

Cannot copy file: There is not enough space.

Why can't I move this 4gb file to the WD when there is 123GB space available?

**Deleted090308** · 03-22-2008, 07:04 AM

Hi

What file system is the drive using?
If it's FAT32 the drive can't handle files larger than 4GB.
The only way to fix that is to convert the drive to NTFS.

Rollerr · 03-22-2008, 07:39 AM

Yes it is FAT32 file system.
Bummer!

How easy/hard is the conversion from FAT32 to NTFS?
Will it cause loss of files/data that I have on the WDPassport?

~~Wozer~~ · 03-22-2008, 09:05 AM

yes, you should be able to safely convert to NTFS...but, if you have a crash during conversion all data will be most likely lost forever...I successfully converted to all NTFS years ago and had no issues, but I've read where others have lost it all because of a power loss, some moronic 'friend' walks up and turns the machine off during the process, etc....

**Deleted090308** · 03-22-2008, 11:19 AM

It's easy to convert the file system with, for example, Partition Magic.

But, I would move the files to another drive >> then format, using NTFS.
Like Wozer said - there is always a risk of data loss.

03-22-2008, 06:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rollerr Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: I'z got Georgia on me mind! YessireeBob! Posts: 122 OS: XP	WD Passport \| 125GB Free but will not taken 4gb ISO file XP Pro SP2 WD Passport 150GB USB HardDrive When I click on this harddrive under My computer and go into properties, it shows: Used space: 25.5GB Free Space: 123GB I have a ISO file on my computer desktop (a ripped DVD file) of 4.19GB. When I try to move this file to the WD Passport, I immediately get a pop-up error message saying: Cannot copy file: There is not enough space. Why can't I move this 4gb file to the WD when there is 123GB space available?

03-22-2008, 07:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: WD Passport \| 125GB Free but will not taken 4gb ISO file Hi What file system is the drive using? If it's FAT32 the drive can't handle files larger than 4GB. The only way to fix that is to convert the drive to NTFS.

03-22-2008, 07:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
Rollerr Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: I'z got Georgia on me mind! YessireeBob! Posts: 122 OS: XP	Re: WD Passport \| 125GB Free but will not taken 4gb ISO file Yes it is FAT32 file system. Bummer! How easy/hard is the conversion from FAT32 to NTFS? Will it cause loss of files/data that I have on the WDPassport?

03-22-2008, 09:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~Wozer~~ Troubled Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,038 OS: 2kpro/XP pro/MCE	Re: WD Passport \| 125GB Free but will not taken 4gb ISO file yes, you should be able to safely convert to NTFS...but, if you have a crash during conversion all data will be most likely lost forever...I successfully converted to all NTFS years ago and had no issues, but I've read where others have lost it all because of a power loss, some moronic 'friend' walks up and turns the machine off during the process, etc....

03-22-2008, 11:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: WD Passport \| 125GB Free but will not taken 4gb ISO file It's easy to convert the file system with, for example, Partition Magic. But, I would move the files to another drive >> then format, using NTFS. Like Wozer said - there is always a risk of data loss.