Q: My operating system is Windows XP. I have a WD 80GB HD and a 40GB WD HD.
I included a few movies on the 80GB HD with a TV card. I moved a few on the 40 GB for storage until I have time to work on them. I just went to the other to move and says that theres not enough room .
There is 26.8GB free on the 40GB . and this movie (for now) only 5GB. Why is it saying there is not enough free space?
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Best Answer: Have you tried to do a disk cleanup and disk defrag.?
Start>all programs>accessories>system tools>Disk Cleanup
Follow the same path and do a disk defrag.
I would also recommend 2 more programs.
Download CleanUp—http://www.stevengould.org/software/clea…
Free disk space, make your computer run better/faster and protect your privacy – all in one easy solution. All for free!
I use CleanUp every time I log off. I have never had any problems with what it deletes.
If you are using XP…
Download RegScrubXP–http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?d…
Safely cleans junk out of the Windows 2000/XP system registry. All changes made to the registry are fully restorable to it's original condition. You can make an exclusion list of registry entries that RegScrubXP will not display as problems. You can sift through a list of file extensions, company names, run upon startup programs, Internet Explorer history, and uninstall programs to delete what you think is junk.
Re:FAT32 has a max file size of 4GB. IF you try to copy a file bigger than 4GB to a FAT32 partition it will give you a free space error
Re:you don't need to format the 40gb drive.
If it's a local HD, just do this.
Click Start – Run
type cmd
type convert /fs:ntfs d: (I'm assuming D: is your 40gb drive).
That should do it…..it'll state if it requires a reboot.
No data loss……and doesn't take too long to do either.
Re:Ahh!.. that must be it. She was using Win 98 (fat 32).. and I upgraded her to win xp using a new HD..
The new HD is NTFS and the main (80GB).. and her new one is 40GB (still fat 32) and is a slave.
But that still doesn't seem right that it let her move a couple of movies until the 40GB reached 20 something GB's and said it was full.
Ill get her to move the other movies back to her 80 and format the 40 with ntfs.. and then try to move them back
Thanks so far
Re:Not really sure. What file system are you using? You will need ntfs for video files over 4 gig. other types of files max out at 2 gig on fat32.
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