Disconnecting when copying large files (about 1gb and above)

The packard bell easynote h5315 has 3 USB 2.0 ports. The many product reviews on the internet don't say exactly which ones are high speed. Ultimately it doesn't really matter unless you are thinking of copying large files greater than 1GB then it will take longer on a low speed port.

To test this I suggest you put a file larger than 500MB on a flash drive, then plug the flash drive into the first port and copy the file back to your notebook. Take note of the time it takes. Repeat this step with ports 2 and 3. Review the results together, the port/ports that copied the file the fastest are your high speed ports. The port/ports that took longer to copy the file are low speed. If all the ports take similar times to copy the file then all 3 are low speed ports.

~ Slasher_X

The usual limit is exactly 2GB, not 1GB.
It's a limitation of the file-system used for the directory of the disk-drive, when formatted according to the 'FAT32' specifications.

So, copy all the files currently on the Verbatim to your disk-drive.
Then, "reformat" the external (not the "internal") disk-drive, using the 'NTFS' file-system. This file-system has a maximum-file-size limitation for one file that is _much_ larger than the capacity of your Verbatim.

Then, copy all the "saved" files back onto the Verbatim.

Finally, copy your "large" files onto the Verbatim.

Hi
Please follow these steps
1. I think its not a problem with flash drive.
2. There should be virus in your computer.
3. Please install anti virus or if it is already there update it.
4. I think that virus is deleting your files in the flash drive.

ensure the drive is unmounted properly when disconnecting, as the USB interface can remain open and data is still being written to it as a background function. Unmounting ensures that all the data is written to the stick and the USB port is then closed before removal. It is the 'safely remove hardware' icon in the system tray.

Hi 1123sun,

Copy your files off the card. Then Format the card and select FAT32 file system. After the format is done try the card again and see if you can copy more files to it.

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Depends on the size of each file ( picture). If your shooting a large formate then it could ( that's all you can get on it.

Here are some things you can do that will boost your performance back to normal.
First, go into Start>All programs>system tools and run Disk Cleanup. This will get rid of all of the junk like *.tmp files that has built up. Second, in the same place after you run DiskCleanup run Defrag. This will take care of all the gaps on your hard drive so data can be found more easily. Finally you need some more RAM. 1GB these days with all the intensive programs is minimal especially if you have a 250GB HDD. Means if you load that puppy up your access time will be very slow with only 1GB. All programs load into RAM when they run, so with only 1GB your system has to constantly keep going back and forth to your hard drive to get code and that makes it very slow. Hope this helps and thanks for using FixYa. If you have any problems let me know.

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After posting the above, I found the answer on another forum about 10 minutes later. The WD drive is formated in FAT 32. My XP PC HDDs are formated in NTFS. FAT 32 has a 4Gb file size limit.

Answer. Format the WD drive in NTFS. It takes about 10 sec to do a quick format, but of course you lose all the content. Then You can copy anything you like to it. I have just copied a 33Gb video to the disc.

If you still have the files from your PC then you have to shrink its size by using a Photoshop. Then copy it to your mobile phone.

the drive is starting to fail. back up your data & star getting prices on a replacement drive. you can go to maxtor.com & download a promram called powermax. it is a dos based program that is made by maxtor to test there drives. it usually needs a floppy disk. there is no repair for this type of fault in a drive. but powermax may give you a little more info. on you drive. good luck