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Old 11-17-2007, 03:43 PM
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I have some 10GB files on my computer tha i want to transfer to my external hard drive, but fir some reason my comuter wont let me, it keeps saying the drive is full, even though the drive has 600GB free.
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Old 11-17-2007, 06:16 PM
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The external case probably does not reconize a hdd that big .
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Can you move a small file on the drive?
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Old 11-17-2007, 09:46 PM
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Is there a switch to lock it from being written to?
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Ican mv files up to 25GB, no more for some reason
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What OS? XP, Vista?
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What OS? XP Service Pk 2, Vista?
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What file format is the external HD?
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When you open My Computer does it show 600, or pretty close, under total space for the drive?
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