Hard Drive Mix up

AmadeusPyralis · 06-24-2009, 09:26 PM

I am using an HP laptop, 512MB RAM, 60GB Hard drive, Windows XP service pack three. I also use a Kaser 250GB portable hard drive. I have, according to My Computer>Kaser Drive>Properties, 132 GB free space on the drive. However, when I try to put more on the drive it says the drive is full. I have done a Clean Disk and Error check. No problems reported. What on Earth is the problem!?

**raptor_pa** · 06-25-2009, 05:42 AM

Is the error write protected or full? Could be a permissions issue, or the root folder is write protected File 'Read only' attribute set on.

AmadeusPyralis · 06-25-2009, 07:49 AM

I am not sure that is the issue at all. Because moments before I got this message I had just transferred a file to the drive. Then when I tried to transfer a second file it said the drive it full.

**raptor_pa** · 06-25-2009, 09:47 AM

That attribute is one bit in size, a flipped bit and it thinks it's read only, wouldn't hurt to check. What is the exact error message?

AmadeusPyralis · 06-26-2009, 08:04 AM

So, how do I access the root folder and change the read only value?
The exact error message is:
"Cannot copy file: There is not enough free disk space.
Delete one or more files to free disk space, then try again.
To free disk space on this drive by clicking Disk Cleanup".

**raptor_pa** · 06-26-2009, 08:30 AM

My bad will actually need to do it at the top level folder menu, open the drive in my computer, right click on the folder and on the general tab toward the bottom make sure read-only is not checked. if it is not checked on the folders then you may want to download the HD manufacturer's diagnostics and run that against hte drive to make sure there are no drive errors.

AmadeusPyralis · 06-26-2009, 07:21 PM

Actually, by experimenting and diagnosing, turns out my old laptop and the portable HDD are on FAT32, which is why the files are not transferring. Any one files over 4.15GB is unrecognizable as a transferrable file. When I put the portable HDD on my Windows Vista laptop, NFTS, the entire 132GB are accessable. It just took time and testing to figure out. Ugh. Thank-you for your suggestions and help, though!

Keefan · 07-11-2009, 12:38 PM

Is there still a way to transfer a file bigger than 4.15 GB? I'm just having this problem at the moment - the computer doesn't allow me to transfer a 5 GB file to the portable hard drive, saying it's full, even though it is completely empty, yearning to get all these files. :)

**grimx133** · 07-11-2009, 09:24 PM

The portable drive probably came from the factory as fat32, they usually do for mac compatability. You can convert the drive to ntfs without data loss, only way to go back, if you had to, would be through formatting.

This microsoft kb article will tell you how to convert.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881

Sramic · 07-11-2009, 09:36 PM

you may be able to partition the portable drives free space with a utility (like partition magic) and then format the new partition to NTFS. Only do this if you know what your doing (potential data loss). I had an older machine and stuck in a newer HD and found the hard way that my motherboard was the limiter (~130GB max).

06-24-2009, 09:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
AmadeusPyralis Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP SP3	Hard Drive Mix up I am using an HP laptop, 512MB RAM, 60GB Hard drive, Windows XP service pack three. I also use a Kaser 250GB portable hard drive. I have, according to My Computer>Kaser Drive>Properties, 132 GB free space on the drive. However, when I try to put more on the drive it says the drive is full. I have done a Clean Disk and Error check. No problems reported. What on Earth is the problem!?

06-25-2009, 05:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,786 OS: XP	Re: Hard Drive Mix up Is the error write protected or full? Could be a permissions issue, or the root folder is write protected File 'Read only' attribute set on. __________________

06-25-2009, 07:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
AmadeusPyralis Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: Hard Drive Mix up I am not sure that is the issue at all. Because moments before I got this message I had just transferred a file to the drive. Then when I tried to transfer a second file it said the drive it full.

06-25-2009, 09:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,786 OS: XP	Re: Hard Drive Mix up That attribute is one bit in size, a flipped bit and it thinks it's read only, wouldn't hurt to check. What is the exact error message? __________________

06-26-2009, 08:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
AmadeusPyralis Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: Hard Drive Mix up So, how do I access the root folder and change the read only value? The exact error message is: "Cannot copy file: There is not enough free disk space. Delete one or more files to free disk space, then try again. To free disk space on this drive by clicking Disk Cleanup".

06-26-2009, 08:30 AM	#6 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,786 OS: XP	Re: Hard Drive Mix up My bad will actually need to do it at the top level folder menu, open the drive in my computer, right click on the folder and on the general tab toward the bottom make sure read-only is not checked. if it is not checked on the folders then you may want to download the HD manufacturer's diagnostics and run that against hte drive to make sure there are no drive errors. __________________

06-26-2009, 07:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
AmadeusPyralis Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: Hard Drive Mix up Actually, by experimenting and diagnosing, turns out my old laptop and the portable HDD are on FAT32, which is why the files are not transferring. Any one files over 4.15GB is unrecognizable as a transferrable file. When I put the portable HDD on my Windows Vista laptop, NFTS, the entire 132GB are accessable. It just took time and testing to figure out. Ugh. Thank-you for your suggestions and help, though!

07-11-2009, 12:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
Keefan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 48 OS: Windows XP	Re: Hard Drive Mix up Is there still a way to transfer a file bigger than 4.15 GB? I'm just having this problem at the moment - the computer doesn't allow me to transfer a 5 GB file to the portable hard drive, saying it's full, even though it is completely empty, yearning to get all these files. :)

07-11-2009, 09:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,133 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Hard Drive Mix up The portable drive probably came from the factory as fat32, they usually do for mac compatability. You can convert the drive to ntfs without data loss, only way to go back, if you had to, would be through formatting. This microsoft kb article will tell you how to convert. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881 __________________

07-11-2009, 09:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
Sramic Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 14 OS: XP, Vista	Re: Hard Drive Mix up you may be able to partition the portable drives free space with a utility (like partition magic) and then format the new partition to NTFS. Only do this if you know what your doing (potential data loss). I had an older machine and stuck in a newer HD and found the hard way that my motherboard was the limiter (~130GB max).