Can't transfer large file to external drive

[Vision6800]

I'm trying to do a simple back up. One 12g folder transfer to an external hard drive. Drag and dropping will will stop working about 1/4 of the way through. I tried TeraCopy and that gets through about 6g before it stops working.

Any idea what is wrong?

 

[Gator]

How is your hard drive formatted? Is it fat32 or NTFS?

 

[Vision6800]

It should be NTFS.

 

[Gator]

It should be NTFS.

Can you make sure? Go to computer, right click on the drive and click properties

In general tab you will see File System: NTFS or Fat32

Fat32 can't hold files over 4gb.

 

[Vision6800]

It's NTFS and I'm reformatting it.

 

[Gator]

It's NTFS and I'm reformatting it.

No need to reformat, you want it as NTFS, not Fat32.

Try compressing the folder/file and moving it to the drive.