WD Passport help

[SiG aKa SiiK]

My western Digital Passport 160GB RED EXTERNAL HDD, won't copy files larger than 2.0-3.0 GB

Suppose i have this operating system that i "BACKED UP"
and I want to move it there, it just wont let me

it says there isn't enough space, disk clean up or cancel

I have 70 more gb left

I can transfer my vista OS, but not my MAC OSX

hmmm?

[Genobee]

Keep your OS cds handy, problem solved.

[klinkdawg]

i don't know what the problem could be. i just got one of those and have had no trouble with it. maybe you have to format it???

[zainil]

No offense genobee but almost all your post that end with problem solved are usless to actualy solving the problem at hand. Im sure SiG has already thought of that but he want to back up his data not have to clean install and loose his personal data

[Mudbone]

i dont know if this helps but when i was trying to backup a large group of files from my hdd to another i was having similar problems.... I needed to go and take small chunks of it at a time and it worked... dont know if your able to do this but its just a thought!

[karothacker]

Originally Posted by SiG aKa SiiK

My western Digital Passport 160GB RED EXTERNAL HDD, won't copy files larger than 2.0-3.0 GB

Suppose i have this operating system that i "BACKED UP"
and I want to move it there, it just wont let me

it says there isn't enough space, disk clean up or cancel

I have 70 more gb left

I can transfer my vista OS, but not my MAC OSX

hmmm?

Don't know what you problem is bud. I have a Simple Tech 250GB External HDD and I have transfered a file that was 15GB Before.

Could we possibly know the format of the drive? (NTFS, FAT32, FAT, etc.)

[SiG aKa SiiK]

Originally Posted by karothacker

Don't know what you problem is bud. I have a Simple Tech 250GB External HDD and I have transfered a file that was 15GB Before.

Could we possibly know the format of the drive? (NTFS, FAT32, FAT, etc.)

I have no idea bro, but somehow it just wont transfer big chunk of files like 4gbs....

I've transferred some Other Os which are like 2 gb's but that's far as i can transfer

and it's a fat32 WD passport

[Stang]

Well you just answered yourself, it is fat32. 4 gigs is as large as a file can be when formatted like that, format to ntfs to solve the problem.

[Genobee]

Originally Posted by zainil

No offense genobee but almost all your post that end with problem solved are usless to actualy solving the problem at hand. Im sure SiG has already thought of that but he want to back up his data not have to clean install and loose his personal data

I was making a obvious jab to his already obvious attempt as labeling pirated material as "back up". If people are allowed to derail a topic, engage in "back up" talks, insult, use swear words and generally poor English, when all of them are labeled against the rules and currently not punished, I think I'm entitled to employ poor sarcasm for my day's morsel of fun.

[SiG aKa SiiK]

Originally Posted by Genobee

I was making a obvious jab to his already obvious attempt as labeling pirated material as "back up". If people are allowed to derail a topic, engage in "back up" talks, insult, use swear words and generally poor English, when all of them are labeled against the rules and currently not punished, I think I'm entitled to employ poor sarcasm for my day's morsel of fun.

If You call buying a OS X Leopard CD is Pirated, and just backing up the files to my HDD, then I don't know what's wrong with you!! I also Support MAC, as I have bought a License myself, and am not worried about a thing, because I do own a Apple product, iPhone iPod Classic, and a Powerbook!

and I'm pretty sure there is nothing wrong about talking about "BACK UP" files here as long as you do not distribute outside links