Is There an Upper File Size Limit on Copy/Cut & Paste?

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  1. Posts : 54
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Retail
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    Is There an Upper File Size Limit on Copy/Cut & Paste?


    Is there an upper file size limit on copy & paste function? I've tried to copy my music collection (16.5GB) via copy & paste & it just does nothing. Rebooting will result in copy dialogue window showing briefly before disappearing from sight.



    Can anyone suggest a good third party file manager?
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  3. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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    That article applies to a BETA release of MS WORKS and is dated 2006. Theres no such thing as a copy paste limit in win7.

    Try Teracopy.

    Copy your files faster with TeraCopy
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  4. Posts : 54
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  5. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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    Some suggestions here.

    File Manager that works?
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    fleamour said:
    Is there an upper file size limit on copy & paste function? I've tried to copy my music collection (16.5GB) via copy & paste & it just does nothing. Rebooting will result in copy dialogue window showing briefly before disappearing from sight.



    Can anyone suggest a good third party file manager?
    Actaully I've done copy/paste functions of that size and greater without using any kind of file manager. In fact I've copied whole partitions and haven't run into any limit other that paste speed - the larger the file, the longer it takes to paste/copy, or permissions.

    You might be running into a file that can't be copied due to a permission.
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  7. Posts : 54
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    Not sure what the hold up is? FreeCommander will also not copy, unless I'm just being thick?

    Individual files will copy but not in bulk.
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  8. Posts : 54
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86 Retail
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    Copying in chunks seems to be working, dayuuumn?!?
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  9. Posts : 54
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    Three separate chunks copied over. Not ideal, but there.

    I originally copied music files from Ubuntu partition to Windows shared partition, maybe that has some weird properties, somehow?
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    Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet)
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    fleamour said:
    Is there an upper file size limit on copy & paste function? I've tried to copy my music collection (16.5GB) via copy & paste & it just does nothing. Rebooting will result in copy dialogue window showing briefly before disappearing from sight.



    Can anyone suggest a good third party file manager?
    Drag and drop instead of copy/paste.
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