External HDD file copy issue

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#1 lowercaseRICK
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I'm trying to transfer a 10GB video file from my Dell XP laptop to a FAT32 HDD and windows is telling me: "error copying file or folder" because there is insufficient memory on the disk.  I've got over 150GB available.  Anyone know what's going on?
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#2 JigglyWiggly2
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If your video is greater than 4 gigs you will need to split it fat only takes filse up to 4 gigs.
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If your video is greater than 4 gigs you will need to split it fat only takes filse up to 4 gigs.JigglyWiggly2
Exactly. The best bet is to move those files off of the external HDD, and reformat it to NTFS. That way, it will hold all sized files.
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#4 JigglyWiggly2
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True but fat is faster, when you can do is, get winrar, and split your file up.
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