Transferring 4GB files

[PaulSB]

I have an old HP laptop which was replaced a few months back. Slowly but surely I've transferred all the important stuff to the new machine and EHD for back up purposes.

I still have 5 video files, each of around 4GB, to transfer. These are files created by transferring old VHS to digital. It's all family stuff, kids growing up etc. and I still have VHS tapes.

Each time I try to copy or move these I get a message saying there is insufficient memory and get a message suggesting I delete old files and run Disc Clean up, which I have done. So far I've tried the following different, but ultimately identical actions:

Send to
Move
Cut and paste
Copy and paste

Then I've gone on to email to myself - never finished loading the attachment.

Next tried YouSendIt but after five hours still hadn't loaded. It now seems YSI and similar have a 2GB per file limit.

I can transfer the VHS to digital again though it's a hassle. Two questions:

Any suggestions on how to do this?

Secondly how can I avoid the problem in the future?

 

[berty bassett]

you cant email files that big but in the risk of being the vague ist answer ever on this forum - somewhere in the computer there is a setting that you can change to let you move bigger files to stop that memory message coming up - is it one big avi file or 4 one g files in a folder - cant you burn them to dvd and have playable dvd back up

 

[defy-one]

Dropbox

 

[subaqua]

hjsplit from freebyte its free and will split the files into small sections . copy them one by one ontothe new device and them rejoin them

 

[rusky]

Burn them to DVD?
Use WInrar to create several smaller archives?
Assuming you have both PCs on a network, copy them to the other PC?

 

[MattHB]

Get a pen drive? An 8 gig one will only cost a few quid

 

[rusky]

Get a pen drive? An 8 gig one will only cost a few quid

If you do that, format it as NTFS as FAT32 has a 4GB limit

 

[ohnovino]

IIRC, if the flash drive is formatted as FAT32 then there's a 4GB limit per file, and you'd need to reformat it as NTFS to take a larger file.

edit: I should have typed faster!

 

[PaulSB]

WOW - first many thanks for all the ideas. Good thing I had a decent ride last night as I know how Saturady morning is going!! They are all 4GB individual files

hjsplit from freebyte its free and will split the files into small sections . copy them one by one ontothe new device and them rejoin them

Like the sound of this.

Burn them to DVD?
Use WInrar to create several smaller archives?
Assuming you have both PCs on a network, copy them to the other PC?

That's also a thought. Thank you

Get a pen drive? An 8 gig one will only cost a few quid

Tried that one without any luck

you cant email files that big but in the risk of being the vague ist answer ever on this forum - somewhere in the computer there is a setting that you can change to let you move bigger files to stop that memory message coming up - is it one big avi file or 4 one g files in a folder - cant you burn them to dvd and have playable dvd back up

I shall investigate and as a last resort look at DVDs.

Just one last question, I hope, is it the old laptop that has the memory problem?This has been my presumption. The EHD and USB sticks I've used are brand new. The old laptop is 5-6 years old.

 

[RhythMick]

Dropbox

^^ This ^^

 

[ian turner]

Just one last question, I hope, is it the old laptop that has the memory problem?This has been my presumption. The EHD and USB sticks I've used are brand new. The old laptop is 5-6 years old.

EHD ? You are taking pills for that aren't you ?

See ohnovino's post about FAT32 and NTFS ?
Well they happen to be right.
All external usb drives (well most of them if not all) come formatted as FAT32 as that's the one format that will work on a pc, apple and ps3 so they don't format them as NTFS. If you haven't reformatted as NTFS then none of your external drives will accept 4gb+ files. Take one of your usb flash drives and reformat it as NTFS and use that to transfer your large files. Then reformat the usb hard drive and repeat the backup.

 

[Leedsbusdriver]

Upload to Youtube (make them private if you don't want anyone to see them) Then use a Youtube converter to download onto your new laptop.
Delete your videos off Youtube when done if you want.

 

[RhythMick]

Yes, but copying a 4GB file to and from Dropbox takes a very long time, even if you have a fast internet connection.

Who cares ? Leave it going while you grab a beer and watch the Olympics.

 

[Octet]

You can hook it up via a Cat5 Cross Over Cable. It looks like a normal Cat5 (Ethernet) cable but the wiring is slightly different on the inside, you then just hook it in and then drag it over. It basically bridges the two computers.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4925065_transfer-data-using-cat-cable.html

 

[Norm]

I'm guessing the FAT32 limit is the problem, which crossover cables won't help.