06-20-2008, 09:09 AM
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WD 250 GB External Hard Drive Problem
I am transfering a bunch of music files from a WD external drive to another external hard drive which I bought last year. It's the first time I used it.
In Windows Explorer, as I am scrolling down the menu of songs in a file, it progresses rapidly and then at a snail's pace as it hits the middle of the page. It almost freezes. There are are 5 files with approx. 40 GB per file. There are no sub folders. Is there a limitation in Explorer as to the size or number of files before it slows down? Or does this sound like a bad drive? |
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06-20-2008, 09:21 AM
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Is the target drive formatted NTFS? If it's FAT32, the maximum file size is 4GB (well, technically 4GB - 1).
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06-20-2008, 10:56 AM
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I believe it's FAT32. How do I tell? |
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06-20-2008, 12:11 PM
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06-20-2008, 01:43 PM
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I did not think you could (or would want to) use FAT32 on a drive of that size.
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06-20-2008, 03:40 PM
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Can it be reformatted after data is on it?
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06-20-2008, 05:45 PM
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06-21-2008, 05:46 AM
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It was FAT. The conversion only took about 2 minutes. Thanks a lot!! |
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06-21-2008, 08:57 AM
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You're much better off with NTFS (unless you're going to want to access the drive from Windows 98 systems).
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06-22-2008, 11:32 AM
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if they are both external drives, chances are you are overwhelming the USB bus a little, which could be part of the problem.
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06-22-2008, 07:05 PM
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That sounds reasonable. I didn't think of that. |
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