I have been trying to transfer a file (which is around 4 GB in size) from my PowerMac G5 to my office pc but windows xp on my office pc only reads the file to be 1.97 GB in size, I also zipped the file using the built-in zip utility in OS X but the size of the zipped file on my office pc is 1.97 GB and on my mac is 3.97 GB. I am using DVD media to transfer the file. Should I fragment the file for an easy transfer, please advice.
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Transferring file from mac to pc
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markiv810 said:
Absolutely no idea why that is happening, have you tried opening the file on Windows? (btw when you open the Zip on the PC there may be a folder called in the zip itself called MacOSX the file may be inside that.)
It may just be the Mac and/or PC is reading the size of the zipped file wrong.
Windows XP is reading the file size wrong and I see only one file (the zipped file). I am thinking of it to split the file into pieces using Stuffit Deluxe and then putting them back together on the pc that might actually work. I have transferred 4 GB iso images of Fedora and OpenSuse from my mac at home to my office pc without any problems. I would try that out tonite, and thanks for your reply.Eraserhead said:
I've read the FAT hd format is limited to filesizes of 4GB max.
but I don't know if that's the problem of your transfer.
is your pc FAT-formatted? or NTFS?
grtz,
caesar
but I don't know if that's the problem of your transfer.
is your pc FAT-formatted? or NTFS?
grtz,
caesar