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    Transferring video

    Okay, so having worked out the Firewire problem, I have downloaded one of my tapes. The drive the video is on is now in the red zone. I tried to move the file to my external drive, only to be told that the file is too large (in other words, it's more than 4GB).

    Should I convert the external drive to NTFS? Is that the best solution? If so, what is the best way to do this?
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    I may be wrong but I don't believe it's a conversion that is available. You probably have to reformat. Which will blow everything away on the drive. Exfat may also be a format option and should handle large file sizes.
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    • #3
      IIRC, changing to NTFS will either require a reformat, or, if it can be done "in place," it might not be trustworthy. Do you have a spare drive/some flash drives you can offload stuff onto as a temporary solution?

      If the external/target drive is already empty, then, yeah, go ahead and convert it to NTFS.
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      • #4
        No, it's not empty, though everything on it can be put back on after conversion.

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        • #5
          Yeah, do that Offload everything, reformat it (full format, not quick), put data back on and go from there.
          "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
          "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
          "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
          "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
          "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
          "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
          Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
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          • #6
            So what's the verdict? NTFS?

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            • #7
              Hm? Yes. NTFS, absolutely! ^_^ Assuming you're on Windows.
              "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
              "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
              "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
              "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
              "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
              "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
              Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
              "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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              • #8
                Yeah NTFS. For Windows users it's the only format that can handle the larger file sizes.

                I had a similar headache myself some time ago.
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                • #9
                  It worked! Happy dance!

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