tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732404254614599384.post1999064238885900294..comments2010-06-16T13:19:56.278+01:00Comments on Gordon's Blog: Windows says my external USB hard drive is full wh...Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09396016590610037737noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732404254614599384.post-64153042433135979022010-06-13T19:40:30.239+01:002010-06-13T19:40:30.239+01:00Thanks - after spending 2 hours about to smash som...Thanks - after spending 2 hours about to smash something I found this thread - I formatted the external drive as FAT32 b/c I had archive files going back 10+ years, and tried to put a pair of blu-ray movies on it with the above result...Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07044577022799395452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732404254614599384.post-78868821166738500652009-10-11T19:23:32.488+01:002009-10-11T19:23:32.488+01:00http://www.technize.com/2008/07/14/how-to-format-u...http://www.technize.com/2008/07/14/how-to-format-usb-drive-with-ntfs-file-system/leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761069097661849019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732404254614599384.post-63990969499436096582009-08-05T05:01:38.369+01:002009-08-05T05:01:38.369+01:00Thank you -- it is nearly midnight and I'm wor...Thank you -- it is nearly midnight and I'm working on a job due tomorrow - and your explanation saved me! I couldn't figure out why it said my drive was full !!! I had formatted it as FAT so I could use it on Mac and PCJudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15014714747852761636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732404254614599384.post-48368909148123157352009-06-25T07:34:48.740+01:002009-06-25T07:34:48.740+01:00I have the same problem too. One way to get around...I have the same problem too. One way to get around it was to open the .ISO file I was trying to transfer, and pull it over in sections. A real pain though.Bennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04898450025868832507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732404254614599384.post-17120019401590213902009-06-17T02:29:29.545+01:002009-06-17T02:29:29.545+01:00Thank you for solving this mystery: I just spent t...Thank you for solving this mystery: I just spent two days (not solidly, of course, but too many hours) trying to transfer a 4.2GB file from a laptop onto my desktop computer. I was able to transfer onto another laptop, but not onto the computer or any of its external hard drives (each with 400GB+free, or onto a brand new 16GB USB disk. Of course, my problem isn't fixed but at least I know Windows is lying.gintybhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04873083196040186126noreply@blogger.com