Can't copy files from external HDD to internal.

I tried uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling, didn't work.

Doesn't work from the hidden Admin account.

I seem to be able to move smaller folders, but once they get over a certain size they won't budge.

There's enough room on the drive because I only just changed it from ext3 to NTFS, so it's freshly formatted.

I can't be bothered any more. I'm just going to copy everything to the other drive overnight using a live CD while I sleep.

Thanks for helping guys.

Lordbob75 said:

veii said:

There's enough room on the drive because I only just changed it from ext3 to NTFS, so it's freshly formatted.

This was formatted differently? That may be part of the cause. After you have moved everything over, reformat the drive and use the right format type.

~Lordbob

No, I formatted it from ext3 to NTFS before I tried putting any files or folders on it. (Or posted this thread.) I'm putting the folders onto the newly formatted NTFS internal drive.

I'm moving some of my filesystems over to NTFS. (I'm coming to Windows after a couple of years using Ubuntu.)

Edit: I know Windows can only read it's own 2 filesystems. (Without fsdriver installed.)

You might look at this, they never say if it solved it or not and not quit the same situation but might be worth a try.

Windows 7 Ultimate file copy problems

Just an update. I tried doing this with my laptop as well - and with different drives - and it will transfer smaller folders and/or files between drives, but won't transfer bigger folders.

The stats on the "Music" folder that I'm trying to move are: 131GB, with 13,893 files in 1,809 folders.

Has anyone managed to transfer a folder that big using Windows 7? It seems strange that my laptop won't do it either, and that it doesn't matter which drives I try it on.

Like I say it seems to be a size issue (not permissions, or free space) because smaller folders are fine, but when the folder exceeds a certain size it won't budge. There's no dialogue or verbose output of any kind.

131 gigs...

You always need about 15% free space. So if you take you current space used on your hard drive + 131 gigs; do you have 15% free space left?

Transfer a hand full of folders at a time. Once you get the files off do a full format on the external hard drive. I assume it's NTFS.

belikexp said:

131 gigs...

You always need about 15% free space. So if you take you current space used on your hard drive + 131 gigs; do you have 15% free space left?

Transfer a hand full of folders at a time. Once you get the files off do a full format on the external hard drive. I assume it's NTFS.

The 250GB drive had just been formatted to NTFS and is completely empty. The other drive is NTFS also.

veii said:

Just an update. I tried doing this with my laptop as well - and with different drives - and it will transfer smaller folders and/or files between drives, but won't transfer bigger folders.

The stats on the "Music" folder that I'm trying to move are: 131GB, with 13,893 files in 1,809 folders.

Has anyone managed to transfer a folder that big using Windows 7? It seems strange that my laptop won't do it either, and that it doesn't matter which drives I try it on.

Like I say it seems to be a size issue (not permissions, or free space) because smaller folders are fine, but when the folder exceeds a certain size it won't budge. There's no dialogue or verbose output of any kind.

It's a bit of a moot point now as I've used an Ubuntu live CD to copy the files over without any problems.

I'm still wondering if anyone else has been able to copy/move/paste a folder that size using Windows 7? I'm thinking it may be a size limitation in the OS at the moment.

veii said:

veii said:

Just an update. I tried doing this with my laptop as well - and with different drives - and it will transfer smaller folders and/or files between drives, but won't transfer bigger folders.

The stats on the "Music" folder that I'm trying to move are: 131GB, with 13,893 files in 1,809 folders.

Has anyone managed to transfer a folder that big using Windows 7? It seems strange that my laptop won't do it either, and that it doesn't matter which drives I try it on.

Like I say it seems to be a size issue (not permissions, or free space) because smaller folders are fine, but when the folder exceeds a certain size it won't budge. There's no dialogue or verbose output of any kind.

It's a bit of a moot point now as I've used an Ubuntu live CD to copy the files over without any problems.

I'm still wondering if anyone else has been able to copy/move/paste a folder that size using Windows 7? I'm thinking it may be a size limitation in the OS at the moment.

Hi and welcome

Not an OS limitation. I have moved much larger files on 332bit so i am sure 64bit would work as well. I think its more a function of the HD speed and ram.


Ken J+