Trying to copy a 6GB file...says not enough diskspace, but I have nine gigs free.

oregon · 12-08-2007, 07:27 AM

So... I'm trying to copy a six gig file to my external drive which has thirty gigabytes of free space. The hard drive I'm copying it from has nine gigabytes. Why won't it copy? I get an error message saying not enough diskspace, and to free up diskspace and try again. I did that but it still happened. Any suggestions?

PohTayToez · 12-08-2007, 07:38 AM

Hmm... that's odd. Maybe if you try defragging the drive you're coping from.

oregon · 12-08-2007, 07:56 AM

Good idea. I'll do that.

Oh yeah... just analyzed it, it's pretty bad. Almost all red. Would that trick the computer into thinking it didn't have free space?

**oscaryu1** · 12-08-2007, 12:37 PM

Downloading from someplace? I've heard it first saves it onto your HDD's temporary folder... 9-6GB = 3GB. Then it copies it to your destination... THEN it deletes it. 3GB - 6GB = -3GB

oregon · 12-08-2007, 04:03 PM

No...it's saved to my internal hard drive already, and I'm copying to my external hard drive. Would it still require this?

nyhk · 12-08-2007, 04:10 PM

If you check the specs on FAT32, you see it only allows files up to 4GB...

PohTayToez · 12-08-2007, 07:50 PM

That's true, I didn't think of that. What file system is your external formatted to? If it's FAT32 that might be the reason for the error.

12-08-2007, 07:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
oregon Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Age: 17 Posts: 1,006	Trying to copy a 6GB file...says not enough diskspace, but I have nine gigs free. So... I'm trying to copy a six gig file to my external drive which has thirty gigabytes of free space. The hard drive I'm copying it from has nine gigabytes. Why won't it copy? I get an error message saying not enough diskspace, and to free up diskspace and try again. I did that but it still happened. Any suggestions? __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

12-08-2007, 07:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,592	Hmm... that's odd. Maybe if you try defragging the drive you're coping from. __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

12-08-2007, 07:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
oregon Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Age: 17 Posts: 1,006	Good idea. I'll do that. Oh yeah... just analyzed it, it's pretty bad. Almost all red. Would that trick the computer into thinking it didn't have free space? __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache Last edited by oregon; 12-08-2007 at 07:59 AM.

12-08-2007, 12:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,154	Downloading from someplace? I've heard it first saves it onto your HDD's temporary folder... 9-6GB = 3GB. Then it copies it to your destination... THEN it deletes it. 3GB - 6GB = -3GB __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

12-08-2007, 04:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
oregon Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Age: 17 Posts: 1,006	No...it's saved to my internal hard drive already, and I'm copying to my external hard drive. Would it still require this? __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

12-08-2007, 04:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
nyhk Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 152	If you check the specs on FAT32, you see it only allows files up to 4GB...

12-08-2007, 07:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,592	That's true, I didn't think of that. What file system is your external formatted to? If it's FAT32 that might be the reason for the error. __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

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