Re: STRANGE - up to 6.87 GB

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:43:12 -0400, "Lily" <l3456@xxxxxxxxx> put
finger to keyboard and composed:

I have discovered file size is critical. Even with FAT32,
I am now up to 6.87. I'm not sure what the size limitation
is for file. I know it won't take a 4 GB file. Still experimenting.

Run Scandisk or whatever utility is appropriate for your OS.

Otherwise I'd take a snapshot of the critical system areas using a
disc editor. In particular I'd look at the Boot Parameter Block and,
if it is partitioned, the MBR.

If it is partitioned, I'd type the following at a DOS prompt:

fdisk /status

To dump the contents of the MBR (the first sector of the drive) I'd
use MBRtool.

DOS Debug can be used to retrieve the BPB.

Depending on your OS, Scandisk can check the integrity of your file
system. The BPB contains an entry that records the free space on the
drive. This entry needs to be updated to match the free space recorded
in the FATs. If the machine is switched off before this can be done,
then the system may think that it has less space than it really has.

- Franc Zabkar
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