Win98 copy of files greater than 2G and less than 4G

[Lamont Cranston]

Win 98 SE does not want to copy files > 2G and <4G. Does anyone know of a patch or a copy utility that will work short of a new OS?

[TheMan2K]

Right click your hard drive, and select properties. Look at the file system. If it is FAT, than upgrade it to FAT32. Windows98 comes with a program that will do that for you in accessories/system.

[Lamont Cranston]

I already have a fat32 file system. Windows Explorer posts an error when I try to copy. I can look at the error message at this time.

[TheMan2K]

what are you copying that is more than 2gigs? If it is a vob file from a dvd i think you have to use software programs to copy them.

[Lamont Cranston]

what are you copying that is more than 2gigs? If it is a vob file from a dvd i think you have to use software programs to copy them.

mpeg2 file

[OO]

if I can be of any help, you need at least 4G of free space on your HD to be able to copy over 2G file...

"OO"

[DaeDreamah]

The problem isn't with your configurations but with windows itself. You need to upgrade to an NTFS file system....WIN XP or 2000....they can support files over 4gigs. I know because I have a mpg2 encoder card and ran into that problem with win98 so I used partition magic to resize my partition on C:\ by half and then create an additional one thus ending up with C:\ and D:\ so install win 2000 and do the duel boot option. Choose the new partition D:\ to install it to. Thats the only way....you would not even be able to crate smaller files and then join them up....cause as soon as you hit 4 gig file size the application crashes. The 4 gig file size is only set for 1 file being that large. Upgrade to XP or WIn2000 both must be installed with a NTFS file system....and remember if you run the duel boot WIn98 will not see the files on D:\ because it can not see NTFS files stucture but a NTFS can see the fat 16 or 32 files....so win2000 or XP will see your 98 stuff. Hope this helps. I now it did when I ran in to that problem.

[eclipsed]

I get the same message copying files larger than 2gig (not 4gig) in win98. The error message is "can not copy or replace, the parameter is incorrect". I think it's a problem in win98 and windows explorer. Open a ms-dos window or boot to dos mode and then you can copy.