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penang@catholic.org wrote:
> 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

More likely, it's the filesystem. Are you trying to move or copy it to
a FAT32 volume? (Or worse, FAT16)

It should be possible to copy to an NTFS volume.

If it's ON a FAT volume it is probably truncated or corrupt, which is
bad. You'll need to recover it from the original source device again
onto an NTFS volume. If you deleted it from the original source (e.g.
a camera) you're screwed. If you have it on a DVD or something you're
OK though.

<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 

<penang@catholic.org> wrote in message 
news:1191820745.603839.63370@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
<snip>
Posted to:
comp.os.ms-windows.misc
alt.os.windows-xp
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
alt.pl.comp.os.windowsxp
24hoursupport.helpdesk

I'm sure there are probably a few more newsgroups which you could have 
included in your excessive crosspost. 

<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,.
>
> 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.
>
> 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 !
>

Actually I think this could be more to do with the AVI extention than file 
size.

If you were using FAT32 you probably wouldn't have been able to save it in 
the first place, as FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit.

Try searching on being unable to move an avi file. It is a known problem 
that seems to randomly affect avi files. under XP. 

VanguardLH wrote:
> <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message
> news:1191820745.603839.63370@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
> <snip>
> Posted to:
> comp.os.ms-windows.misc
> alt.os.windows-xp
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
> alt.pl.comp.os.windowsxp
> 24hoursupport.helpdesk
>
> I'm sure there are probably a few more newsgroups which you could have
> included in your excessive crosspost.

The groups are all related to his post. STFU! 



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"Julie" <invalid.@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
news:470a55b6$0$26363$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
> VanguardLH wrote:
>> <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message
>> news:1191820745.603839.63370@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>> <snip>
>> Posted to:
>> comp.os.ms-windows.misc
>> alt.os.windows-xp
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>> alt.pl.comp.os.windowsxp
>> 24hoursupport.helpdesk
>>
>> I'm sure there are probably a few more newsgroups which you could have
>> included in your excessive crosspost.
>
> The groups are all related to his post. STFU!

That's a bit tenuous.......anyway, crossposting should be restricted to TWO 
OR THREE related groups, not FIVE...... 

Gordon wrote:
> "Julie" <invalid.@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:470a55b6$0$26363$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>> <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message
>>> news:1191820745.603839.63370@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>>> <snip>
>>> Posted to:
>>> comp.os.ms-windows.misc
>>> alt.os.windows-xp
>>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>>> alt.pl.comp.os.windowsxp
>>> 24hoursupport.helpdesk
>>>
>>> I'm sure there are probably a few more newsgroups which you could
>>> have included in your excessive crosspost.
>>
>> The groups are all related to his post. STFU!
>
> That's a bit tenuous.......anyway, crossposting should be restricted
> to TWO OR THREE related groups, not FIVE......

I agree with Julie and don't care if there are a dozen related groups; as 
long as they're related to the post. Anything is better than some fuckwit 
who multi-posts because a bunch of Usenet Nazi's bitch about cross-posting.

Julie wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
> 
>><penang@catholic.org> wrote in message
>>news:1191820745.603839.63370@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>><snip>
>>Posted to:
>>comp.os.ms-windows.misc
>>alt.os.windows-xp
>>microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>>alt.pl.comp.os.windowsxp
>>24hoursupport.helpdesk
>>
>>I'm sure there are probably a few more newsgroups which you could have
>>included in your excessive crosspost.
> 
> 
> The groups are all related to his post. STFU! 
> 
Ah yes, free speech strikes again. Gotta love it!

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message 
news:fedo7c$1p9$1@news.mixmin.net...
> "Julie" <invalid.@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:470a55b6$0$26363$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>> <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message
>>> news:1191820745.603839.63370@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>>> <snip>
>>> Posted to:
>>> comp.os.ms-windows.misc
>>> alt.os.windows-xp
>>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>>> alt.pl.comp.os.windowsxp
>>> 24hoursupport.helpdesk
>>>
>>> I'm sure there are probably a few more newsgroups which you could have
>>> included in your excessive crosspost.
>>
>> The groups are all related to his post. STFU!
>
> That's a bit tenuous.......anyway, crossposting should be restricted to 
> TWO OR THREE related groups, not FIVE......
another PIA net monitor who got his Al Gore "My Internet" badge out of a box 
of Corn Flakes.
As he said.......STFU 

"Damian" <nospam@rabid-dog.net> wrote in message 
news:470a6861$0$47141$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...
>
> I agree with Julie and don't care if there are a dozen related groups;

Then you are an IDIOT.

Plonk. 

"olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> wrote in message 
news:5mv7u7Fepc9fU1@mid.individual.net...
> another PIA net monitor who got his Al Gore "My Internet" badge out of a 
> box of Corn Flakes.
> As he said.......STFU
And arseholes to you as well. 

"olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> wrote in message 
news:5mv7u7Fepc9fU1@mid.individual.net...
> As he said.......STFU


He?  Julie had a sex change?  Or does it run on batteries?

Gordon wrote:
> "Damian" <nospam@rabid-dog.net> wrote in message
> news:470a6861$0$47141$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...
>>
>> I agree with Julie and don't care if there are a dozen related
>> groups;
>
> Then you are an IDIOT.
>
> Plonk.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! What a fuckwit you are. 

Bob I wrote:
> Julie wrote:
>
>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>
>>> <penang@catholic.org> wrote in message
>>> news:1191820745.603839.63370@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>>> <snip>
>>> Posted to:
>>> comp.os.ms-windows.misc
>>> alt.os.windows-xp
>>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>>> alt.pl.comp.os.windowsxp
>>> 24hoursupport.helpdesk
>>>
>>> I'm sure there are probably a few more newsgroups which you could
>>> have included in your excessive crosspost.
>>
>>
>> The groups are all related to his post. STFU!
>>
> Ah yes, free speech strikes again. Gotta love it!

Oh my! Another sensitive poofter. 

dobey <a@v.nox>, the elderly-wastrel and bitchy Miss Nancy who likes
rough jesuit boxing with dwarf rabbits, and whose partner is a town-pump
with a gaping pee bug, wrote in <eR$DQJZCIHA.5752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>:
>
> <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,.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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 !
>>
>
> Actually I think this could be more to do with the AVI extention than file 
> size.
>
> If you were using FAT32 you probably wouldn't have been able to save it in 
> the first place, as FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit.
>
> Try searching on being unable to move an avi file. It is a known problem 
> that seems to randomly affect avi files. under XP.
>


It's not random at all. Are all the OP's files fucked or missing critical 
data though? 


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