WHy cant I transfer this file to portable hard drive?

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dougie

I have this 10GB mkv file that Im trying to move to my portable hard drive - but it says file size too large for destination. The portable hard drive has over 100GB of space. Why cant I move it or rather how do I move it?

Answer
It may be formatted as FAT32. If you have no files on the drive, reformat it as NTFS. If it has files on it

Go to a Command Prompt:

at the prompt type ---->

convert x: /fs:ntfs /nosecurity
where x: is the drive of your external hard disk.

There is a BIG RED X on my G: portable hard drive, how do i remove it?

Josenoe V

I got a new portable hard drive and now it shows a big red x on it. I provided a picture from imageshack to show you.
But yeah, theres that big x, and the icon looks like a network folder.

Not that im running Vista 64bit but also, this harddrive used to be in a laptop but i bought an external case and now i use it as a portable device.

Answer
You should wipe the hard disk clean first and then reformat it.

Use DBAN to wipe it, then Vista to reformat it.

http://www.dban.org

Read the instructions and then download and run

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WHy cant I transfer this file to portable hard drive?

portable hard drive reformat image

dougie

I have this 10GB mkv file that Im trying to move to my portable hard drive - but it says file size too large for destination. The portable hard drive has over 100GB of space. Why cant I move it or rather how do I move it?

Answer
It may be formatted as FAT32. If you have no files on the drive, reformat it as NTFS. If it has files on it

Go to a Command Prompt:

at the prompt type ---->

convert x: /fs:ntfs /nosecurity
where x: is the drive of your external hard disk.

How do I connect my Samsung portable hard drive to Sync in my car after reformatting it?

Johnny

I reformatted my hard drive because it was starting to spaz out a little, but my car doesn't recognize it anymore when I put it in the USB port. I use it for playing mp3's in the car. What do I do? Maybe I reformatted it incorrectly because that is the first time I've reformatted something since the floppy days.

Answer
needs to be a fat32 format. default formatting for hard drives is NTFS on windows 2000 or later.

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How do I reformat my portable hard drive?

portable hard drive reformat image

spasticpat

I have a western digital my passport essential 320gb portable hard drive. How do I erase all data and make it exactly as it was when it came out of the box from the store? I need to erase all profiles (passwords and all) and data that is saved to it but can't figure out how to do it. I know the password and all obviously because it's mine, and I am logged into the sync app right now, I just need to figure out how to get it all removed.

Answer
What OS are you using? In Windows you can use Disk Administrator. Just select the drive and choose format. Even easier, open a command window and type:

FORMAT <drive>:

CAUTION: Make sure you specify the correct drive letter, as you will be erasing everything on the drive (which is what you want to do)!

You can run HELP FORMAT first, to check the options.

Is there some way to access files from a portable hard drive formatted for a MAC on a PC?

new_skin42

I use a Seagate portable hard drive formatted for a MAC. Is there some way I can access these files on both a PC and a MAC without reformatting the external drive/erasing my files?

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You can either use this, which isn't that great but it's free. http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html

Or you can use this, which isn't free. http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/

Or, if you have access to an OS X Snow Leopard install DVD, you can try and find the HFS drivers on there.

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