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Hey everyone, i have asked and searched everyone i know who is a little more computer savy than i am, and still i have no answer to my problem. Here is the problem, over the years i have saved pictures and videos to my computer and on cd's. I bought a flash drive to try and compress all of these files onto the flash drive itself. Some files will move to the flash drive but the majority won't. I know it probably has to do with security settings or something similiar. My attempt here is to ditch all the cd's i have and all the clutter on my computer gone, i want to move all this to my flash drive, so as to free up spaces and time. Why can't i save files to my flash drive?, Why some but not others?, and what can i do?....is it my flash drive?, my setting on my computer?, if so how and where do i fix it?.......thank you for any help anyone could give me

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— several distinct Windows/drive behaviors can make some files copy while others fail. Common culprits are the flash drive format and size limits (FAT32 will refuse single files over 4 GB), file-level protection (EFS encryption or DRM), the stick being write-protected or presenting a read-only CD-style partition, locked files in use by a program, or filesystem corruption on the stick. and have already pointed toward related possibilities; the list below runs through practical checks and fixes in order.

Try these checks (keep originals safe; do not reformat until you back up anything already on the stick):

  • Verify the file size and the flash drive filesystem: Right-click file -> Properties, and right-click the USB drive -> Properties.
  • Try copying a single problem file and note the exact error text; that message tells you a lot.
  • If a file is >4 GB and the drive is FAT32, either reformat the stick to NTFS/exFAT (this erases it) or split/compress the file.
  • Check for encryption/permissions. Encrypted (EFS) files show green names in Explorer; to back up the certificate use the cipher utility before moving anything encrypted.
  • If files fail intermittently, run chkdsk on the USB and remove read-only attributes.

Useful commands (run from an Administrator command prompt):

attrib -r "C:\path\to\file.ext"
chkdsk E: /f
cipher /x C:\efsBackup.pfx

If the flash drive shows two drive letters or a CD icon, you may be hitting an OEM U3-style partition (read-only). Test the same copy on another PC or a different USB stick to rule out a failing stick. If files are DRM-protected (purchased video/music), Windows will prevent copying unless the license allows it. Collect the exact error text and which files fail (format and size) before making big changes; that information will pinpoint the right next step.

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Member Avatar for MidiMagic

First of all, I wouldn't trust anything I want to keep to one electronic storage unit. If it fails, you lose everything. Keep the CDs - they are more permanent.

Second, data compression often spells trouble. It may want space ON THE DRIVE to run the compression procedure. If so, it may need up to twice the size of the file in free space.

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thx midimagic, i will keep the discs....but as far as the reason i cannot save some pics and video files to the flash drive, why is that? Are they protected?, and if so how do i change that to be able to send them to a flash drive? thx for your reply

Member Avatar for RueB2sDe

This is an interesting topic Magic, I am just curious. By chance are you right clicking on a batch of highlighted files? Are they all the same format it... jpeg AIV

Is your flash drive AIV compatible?

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Opps sorry for the typo. AVI

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