Error copying large files to external hard-drive

Click to expand Interestingly, the copy seems to always stop when it gets to 31 mins remaining. How is the external drive formatted? That is interesting, I will check it out, how can I find out? Get Info on the drive should show the format. Is it a single iMovie file, or an iMovie project? Collection of files. If it's a collection of files, you may be trying to copy a file with an invalid filename for the target filesystem. It sounds like the drive is formatted in Fat Just checked it and it is formatted to Fat32, what can I do about this?

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Well, maybe you should give up copying and pasting manually, because a backup image takes up less space than an exact copy. With practical software like AOMEI Backupper Standard , you can backup large files to external hard drive with preferred compression level, or even split large image into multiple smaller files. Thus the file too large for destination file system error could be readily solved without conversion. Even if the external hard drive has insufficient space, you can store these image files in multiple devices.

If you have the need to schedule backup large files to external hard drive, then the incremental backup could help you back up only changed files each time to save space.

You can even set up a Scheme supported by advanced editions to auto delete backups older than x days. Download it to have a try:. Preparations: Install the software on your computer and connect the external hard drive properly.

Click Add Folder or Add File to locate the folders or files you want to backup to external hard drive. Click OK to confirm it. If you upgrade to Professional edition, you can also Custom size as you like. But please note the minimum image file size is 50MB. The higher the level, the smaller the image, and the longer it will take. Schedule : If you want to keep the backup in external hard drive up-to-date, you can add a schedule to run the task automatically, but the destination drive should always be connected in this case.

The last 2 are available in advanced editions. Scheme : Create backup scheme in advanced editions can delete the older backups automatically to save your storage space. Don't panic when your file is too large to copy to external hard drive.