trying to copy *.tib files to external harddrive

I have four backup.tib files on my harddrive that I want to move to an external harddrive connected through usb. When I try and copy those files I get an error message that says there isn't enough space to copy file. My external harddrive is 120 GB with 108 GB of free space and I am only trying to copy three files that are 4.33 GB and one that is 3.52 GB. Why won't it let me copy those files, there definatly is enough free space.

 

Are you trying to copy all four at once or one at a time?

Also, what is the usb drive formatted as, NTFS or FAT32?

FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit.

 

my guess is the 4.33GB is over the FAT32 limit.

 

Check the format of the USB drive as MudCrab and SeekForever suggest. Right click on the USB drive letter and select Properties.

If it is formatted FAT32 which is typical of USB drives, it won't accept any file larger than 4.0 GB (4,096 MB, 4,194,304 KB).

You can test this by copying only the 3.52GB file which should copy successfully.

If it were my system, I'd reformat the external drive as NTFS as long as it will never be used with a Windows 98 or ME system or a Mac.

Alternatively, you can split all your backups at 4000MB so that they will be small enough pieces to copy to the USB drive's FAT32 format.