Blog Pourquoi ne puis-je pas copier des fichiers volumineux sur ma clé USB?

Hi Madeleine, 

Thanks for your question.

Some of the TV Shows you're trying to copy to your Flash Drive may be more than 4GB each. If that's the case, you need to follow the steps listed in this blog post - if you haven't already done so.

If you're still receiving an error message, your Flash Drive may be faulty. It's highly unlikely that 4 TV Shows will consume the entire 64GB capacity.

I hope this helps.

Many thanks,

Chris at Flashbay

Hi I have a 64gb usb trying to cooing television shows on them after 4 episodes the others won't work o have tried everything

Thank you! Mine was in exFAT already but the kilobytes were at a very low default setting. I have folders by the year for family photos that I am storing. Still you were able to teach me something new and I found the screen that helped me adjust to what I needed.

Learnt something new. And my problem is solved too.
Thanks to the author.

Thanks you have help me alot.

My flash disk is 15GB.I have formated it.I want to copy a video file which is 13GB but when I want to copy a message apearswhich say 'the file is too big'what can I do?

I need to copy mp3 files from an 8gb USB drive to a 4gb USB drive. The 8gb has about 6gb of mp3 and I want to transfer as much of the files that can fit into the 4gb. Is there a way I can drag and drop the full amount and let some software just transfer what fits?

Thanks - I was at a loss to understand why it wouldn't copy a large file.

This worked perfectly and took less than a minute!! Thank you for the great information :-)

Thank you.
Your info was great.

You may need to increase the unit allocation size in order to transfer large files. Mine was set to Exfat128kb and it still wanted more before I could move a 5 gig file.

Its just easy.  Open your your Hard drive as a portable device and then transfer.  Easy peasy.

Hi Chris
Thank you for your help. I reformatted the usb again to exFat and this time it worked.

Hi Sara,

Thanks for your question.

Without knowing all of the details, it's hard to give a completely accurate answer.

exFAT can handle file sizes of 20GB and above, so it may be an issue with the available space on your drive (unlikely, as I suspect you've already checked this). Or it could be an issue with the actual file you're trying to move. 

It may also be a conflict with your antivirus software, in other words the software may be 'blocking' the file move. Please check your software settings.

Another option is to try formatting the Flash Drive to NTFS if you can, which is a more modern file system, compared to exFAT.

I hope this helps.

Many thanks,

Chris at Flashbay

I purchased a WD eaststore 128GB flash drive. My 128 GB flash drive is already formatted to exfat and it still won't let me move an 20 GB file. 

Please advise.

My 128 GB flash drive is already formatted to exfat and it still won't let me move an 8 GB file.

Very usefull thanks sir

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