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<penang@catholic.org> wrote in message 
news:1191820745.603839.63370@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>I only recently started to do video editing. The other day I
> downloaded the video footages of my sis' wedding to my comp, and the
> avi file is larger than 4GB, about 4.2GB
>
> Now the problem comes. I can't move that file, nor copy it, which
> means it's stuck at the "my pictures" directory. It seems that XP can
> only copy and/or move files that are smaller than the 4 GB size,.

Not quite true.   The limitation is not with XP.

The limitation is with FAT32 filesystem, and that's almost certainly how you 
have the disk formatted.

There are very few remaining good reasons to use FATxx format on XP systems.

NTFS is much preferred, and you've just run smack into one of the reasons.


> I know that I have the option of getting a new comp with Vista
> installed, or I get the 64-bit version of XP, or I can cut the big
> file up into smaller portions. But they aren't the thing I am looking
> for right now.

And there's no need to do that, when the problem isn't with the OS at all 
but rather with how the disk is formatted.

> So let me post this question to all the gurus here:
>
> Is there a utility or whatever that can help me copy the entire file
> to another drive partition ?
>
> Thanks for any suggestion that you may have. Thanks again !

You need to either convert the disks to NTFS,  or use NTFS partitions for 
the editing files - including the temp folders.   Do not forget that temp 
files will be created and they will often be at least the same size as the 
original file.   You need plenty of free space, and then more than that.

The command-line convert utility can fix this for you, and normally reliably 
and safely... but as with any major change to the system, it's prudent to 
back up first.

HTH
-pk