“Unable transfer data from my hard drive to the flash. Notice sez "too big for the drive" . My data is 5.3 gigs and this is a 16 gig flash. I'm working with senior citizens and have stalled out with this problem. Does it need to be formatted? If so, how”
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This usb flash drive is in fat32 file format by default which is limited to 4gb only per file transfer. You need to format this usb flash drive to either NTFS (for windows) or exfat (both windows & pc) so you can transfer that 5.3 gb file from your hard drive to this usb drive.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You need to format USB as Fat32. For that you willbneed a Fat32 format tool available for free online.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This flash drive does not need to be formatted for use in current operating systems. Are you using something old? The drive comes formatted FAT32 but can be reformatted exFAT or NTFS or HPFS if your system requires something else. Have you tried just copying just a few (or one) files at a time just to see when the issue occurs?
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I suspect you have found a way around this by now, but in case you haven't or for anyone else who is running into the same situation: the default file system on most flash drives is FAT32 which puts a maximum size on any individual file of roughly 4 gigs. Most of the time this isn't an issue since most files will be much smaller than this. FAT32 is used because most any computer you are even half likely to use that has USB ports will support it. If there are no files you care about on the drive, or if you can temporarily copy them off, you could reformat the drive and select the NTFS file system which is supported all versions of Windows from Windows XP onwards (and some older versions of Windows but not Windows 95/98). NTFS allows files to be much larger than any currently existing drives. Note that many non-Windows computers might not read an NTFS formatted drive at all or only read it with limitations. The other would be to install a third-party file archiving program and tell it to split your file into multiple parts that are each smaller than 4 gigs. Windows does have built in zip file support but unfortunately it's rather simplistic and doesn't do this for you. The exact method to use will depend on the exact software chosen and is beyond what I could cover here and I couldn't recommend any specific software as I haven't actually done this in Windows for a number of years.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have ran into this issue ..it was not the flash drive, but the application could ot handle that large of a transfer..I had to break it down into smaller a.ounts of data.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.yes, these need to be reformatted...like most of these drives they are formatted in NTFS format which only allows to copy and read files that are under 4 gigs...if you need to store files larger than 4 gigs, then you will need to reformat the flash drive using exFat format.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I did not have to format mine. I just plugged it in and it worked. Check the flash drive to be sure nothing else is on it, just in case.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It should work. No need to format the drive. Be sure of the size of the transfer.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Check the file sizes. NTFS -the file system on most PCs - can handle bigger individual file sizes than exFAT or FAT - used on most thumb drives. To reformat the drive using NTFS, go to storage management and select the drive. Format it using NTFS. Google it if you need a step by step guide. Just realize that NTFS formatted drives often don’t work on Linux, bsd, or Apple systems. They can be made to work, but that’s another process.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I'm guessing that there is already data saved on the thumb drive and the amount of available space left is not enough to save the data you are trying to save. You can plug the thumb drive into your computer and format it. Click on the thumb drive and it will give you an option to format. It should be noted that while it will free up the space you need, all the data on the thumb drive will be gone!
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