Error -1309!!! What is this?

[Leareth]

Hi guys

I googled error -1309 but no luck
searched forums here but no luck
see if anyone knows what this code is
I ge tit when I am trying to copy over files from my 15"PB to an external USB FAT 32 formatted drive. I have had this drive for over a year now and never any problems but today when I go back up stuff I keep getting this error
worked well two days ago now nothing... grrr
I can still take data of the drive fine...

Cheers

 

[WildCowboy]

Do you have a large file in there (over 4 GB)? FAT32-formatted drives can't handle individual files over 4 GB.

BTW, you can get lots of hits on this in Google, but if you included "-1309" as a search term, you specifically excluded pages containing 1309. Try searching without the "-" if you want to find more info on this error.

 

[lamina]

I think MadCowBoy made a typo, he meant to say that FAT32 doesn't support files over 4GB.

I've had that same error message myself, drove me nuts until I remembered the limitations of FAT32.

 

[AttkApple]

HDD format for iTunes (error 1309)

Thanks for the posting, it works. I had foolishly forgotten about the FAT32 formate stopping iTunes from saving files that are to large for the HDD
We would really be better off is apple released a sever version of iTunes. Just saying.

 

[clavedozzy]

I agree with Wildcowboy..FAT32 wont support files over 4gb.
You can solve this problem by choosing the format as NTFS (Windows formatting) or as HFS (mac formatting).