Problem with copying/moving files through network

[doggammit76]

Have this on my hands.

I tried to transfer a 13Gb AVI file to another computer connected to the network.The PC I am on is running Win2K and the receiving PC is on Win98.

Its understandable that it'll take a while to transfer something that big but this one takes very much longer than expected (I waited for 2 hours an it is still transferring!) Also, as the file progress is reachin 2 seconds, it suddenly climbs to an absurd value next (eg 112341Seconds or somehing like that).

Has anyone experienced this before? Is there anything that you did to correct it?

PS . The win2k is on NTFS. Dont know if this is a factor contributing to the problem. Information is free....dont hog it!

 

[wolluf]

Tha maximum size file on a FAT32 partition is 4GB I believe, so your 13GB file is going to be a problem.

 

[Wirdo]

Actully a Fat32 partion can be 32Gb anything above you get problems though. It may be a stupid question but is your fat32 drive have more then 16gb of free space. If so when you transfered the files (copy/paist?) did you make sure it was using the UNC. In other words did you browse over network neighborhood to the computer your accessing then select the file your copying.

 

[Kandid]

The problem may be your network card setting. Make sure that both network card's set at 100mbbps/Full Duplex. Some Hub only support Half-Duplex. Do some test...

To set the speed/duplex in Windows 2000:
- Open "Network and Dial-Up Connection"
- Open the properties of the network card.
- Click on "configure" and select "Advanced"
- The advanced setting change from a network card to another. You're suppose to see something like "Line Speed/Duplex".

To set the speed/duplex in Windows 9x.
- Open The Network Control Panel
- Open the properties of the network card and go to advanced setting.

I hope that may help! Sorry for my english, better in french!

 

[doggammit76]

Kandid...thanks for the post. Don't worry, your english is fine . I'll try it and update here. Information is free....dont hog it!

 

[wolluf]

There are a number of posts in various forums on the net about FAT32's 4GB file size limit - you might like to look at these before you spend a lot of time trying to achieve the impossible.

http://lists.merlins.org/archives/extractstream/2002-June/001777.html

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/MSDOS/Q_20343072.html

 

[doggammit76]

wolluf....that settled it. Thanks man.
Information is free....dont hog it!