HDD Problem?

[Mike of the Desert] · Post by **[Mike of the Desert]** » Sun May 29, 2005 4:43 pm

I'll be short! Because it is quite simple to explain. I don't have enough space on my HDD for have some Huffyuv files, and I tried to put them on an extern HDD (don't know if extern is the right word sorry >-<), but when I transfer, copy or cut the file there, the extern HDD say me that There isn't enough space. I simply don't understand it. (it works for other files)

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Sun May 29, 2005 6:14 pm

It might be telling the truth. How big is the file you're trying to transfer and how much space is actually on the external disk?

Also, try running Scandisk on the external drive; it might be reporting its free space incorrectly.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sun May 29, 2005 7:29 pm

I'm betting this is a 1000 != 1024 issue.

narcted · Post by **narcted** » Sun May 29, 2005 9:35 pm

It may just be the large size of the files. There seems to be a tendancy for external HD to be reported as full when used to render a video file to, in my experience. I think what happens is the transfer through the firewire/USB get behind and the computer believes that the HD is full. I'd suggest never to use external HDs when actively editing, capturing, or rendering. I haven't really encountered the erroneous full when just copying files to or from the drive in Windows.

Zero1 · Post by **Zero1** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:51 am

Do you happen to know what filesystem the external HD is? FAT32/NTFS

I'm guessing its NTFS, but if it is/was FAT32, it might possibly be the 4GB limit