@sawdustmaker wrote:
I have some movie files that are larger than 4GB. When I try moving them to my external hard drive a window pops up and says that the file is too large to move. The external hard drive is formatted to fat32. Is there a way to transfer these files without reformatting the external hard drive to NTFS? My OS is Vista basic, 32 bit. I also have Service Pack 1. The method I am using is right-click-dragging the file and then telling it to move.
Have you tried highlighting the file, then going to the Edit menu and selecting ‘Move To Folder…’? By right-clicking on the file, I believe you are using Windows Clipboard and depending on how full your drive is, you may not have enough free space available (RAM or HD) to do it that way.
You might also try the ‘Send To’ command in the right-click context menu if your external drive shows up there.
