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unexpected error occurred (error code 0)." If you received this message when copying files from your Mac to an external hard drive or USB flash drive, dell hard drive error code there is a simple explanation. Most external hard drives and USB flash dell hard drive error code 2000-0142 drives, unless they are specifically marketed as Mac products, are formatted with the FAT or FAT32 file system. This
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is a Windows file system that rose to prominence in the 1990s before NTFS took its place in Windows systems of the early 2000s. The reason removable media like flash drives,
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memory cards, etc. still use FAT is because of its cross-platform compatibility with Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. NTFS drives, on the other hand, can only be read (but not written to) by non-Windows systems. Unfortunately, as technology progresses and the horribly outdated FAT32 file system continues to be used, issues will arise more often. For example, copying large files to an dell hard drive error code 0151 external drive in Mac OS X might lead to the following Finder error: "The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0)." Before cursing your Mac, it's important to note this is an issue with FAT32 that Linux and Windows users experience as well. The cause is FAT32's 4GB limit on individual file sizes. So while your drive might be 160GB in total, no single file can be larger than 4GB with FAT32. Now that that's out of the way, let's look at how you can get around it. If the large file(s) you're trying to copy are archives or images (zip, rar, dmg) you can extract all of the smaller files inside into a folder and copy them that way. This means your single 6GB zip file is now 6GB worth of separate files & folders. The best advice, however, is simply to reformat your external drive to Mac OS X's native file system, HFS+. Here's how you do it: Temporarily back up any existing files on the drive to another location. Reformatting will erase everything on it. Open Disk
can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. This discussion is locked B A Mess Level 1 (0 points) Q: External Drive Transfer Error Code 0 I'm trying to transfer some files from my internal HD to an USB external HD and with some files I get this message - The operation
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can't be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0). Other files transfer just fine. I dell hard drive error code 0142 status 79 can't find a list of error codes under Help or on the Apple website. Size of the files don't seem to matter either. I have one hard drive error code 0142 repair tip drive formatted as a Mac drive and all my files transfer fine. The USB drive is formatted in Disk Utilities as MS-DOS since I need to take some of the files to PC units. It's the MS-DOS drive that I see this "occasional" http://www.macyourself.com/2010/12/19/finder-error-code-0-when-copying-large-files-to-external-drive/ error message on. Any thoughts on this?? ThanksMark IMac 27" Quadcore I5, Mac OS X (10.6.2) Posted on Jan 24, 2010 2:55 PM I have this question too by Kenichi Watanabe,Solvedanswer Kenichi Watanabe Level 8 (39,309 points) Mac OS X A: The file size limitation of FAT32 has nothing to do with external drives or how Disk Utility did the formatting. It is a limitation of the older file format; if you use the Windows PC to reformat the drive using FAT32, Mac OS X would have https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2311397?start=0&tstart=0 the same problem. If you used +Mac OS Extended (Journaled)+, there is no file size limitation, but Windows cannot read or write the Mac format. If you used NTFS (the newer Windows format), it would have no problems on a Windows PC. Mac OS X can read NTFS, but it cannot write it. Is there a way that I can increase the size that is allowed to transfer?Not if you use FAT32 formatting on the drive. However...There are third party drivers that can make NTFS read/write on Mac OS X. I have no experience, but you can search using Google on +NTFS Mac+. The reverse option is to use MacDrive on the Windows PC, which is supposed to make +Mac OS Extended (Journaled)+ read/write with Windows.If the two computers are on the same local network, you can also do the transfer through File Sharing. Posted on Jan 24, 2010 8:21 PM See the answer in context Close Q: External Drive Transfer Error Code 0 All replies Helpful answers by Kenichi Watanabe, Kenichi Watanabe Jan 24, 2010 6:56 PM in response to B A Mess Level 8 (39,309 points) Mac OS X Jan 24, 2010 6:56 PM in response to B A Mess The +MS-DOS (FAT)+ format (also called FAT32) is an older Windows format. I'm not sure what the +error code 0+ means specifically, but I can think of two potential causes.One is that the maximum files size for +MS-DOS (FAT)+ is 4GB. So if any file being transferred exceeded 4GB in size, there would be an error.The
rather funny code that got me confused for quite a while. Every time I tried to copy the file it would throw up an error box saying the file can't be copied, an "unexpected error http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2010/01/copying-files-error-code-0.html has occurred, code 0". The solution was decisively simple and very easy to overcome. Its http://www.mac-forums.com/showthread.php?t=108186 due to the FAT32 partitioning system I was copying to. This post is going to explain how you can get around it. FAT32 has a file size limit. You can read more about it on wikipedia. Due to the way the allocation is set, it wont allow files bigger than 4GB. This wasn't a problem years ago when files didn't get hard drive this big, but with home movies and large files in general this limit can be reached. With normal day to day operations with your Mac you won't encounter this problem. However it may come across if you are using a FAT drive or USB stick. There are two ways to get around this problem. The first is to format your destination drive to a different format, for example you can convert it to HFS which can be hard drive error used by your Mac. You may run into problems if you want to use Windows. Alternatively you can use a plugin such as NTFS-3G to write to NTFS drives, this allows you to write to it on Windows and Mac and have large file sizes. For a table on formats I recommend this one. Formatting drives can be done in Disk Utility in Applications > Utilities. Formatting can be a bit of a pain. The best way is to split the file up using an application. One method on reducing files sizes is to archive it. Most of the time this wont do much in terms of file size and you still may end up with a large file. The best way then, is to split up the file into smaller chunks. The best method is to use an app called Split&Concat. This app takes a file and splits it up into small chunks of your choosing. You can then put it on a memory stick moving it a different location and then put it back together again. There is similar apps for Windows and I assume Linux. Hopefully you understand the problem that is faced by moving large files. There is different ways to store data, each of these have different limitations and can only be read by certain types of operating system. One file allocatio
copy large file error code 0 If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Welcome to Mac-Forums! Join us to comment and to customize your site experience! Members have access to different forum appearance options, and many more functions. Results 1 to 15 of 15 Thread: Wont copy large file error code 0 Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… 05-12-2008,10:15 PM #1 stal1n77 View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Apr 12, 2008 Posts 62 Specs:MBP 15 inch 2.4ghz Peryn 4 gig Wont copy large file error code 0 My friend is trying to copy 13gig 10gig and 4.1gig .mov files from the internal hard drive on his MBP to an external USB hard drive. All other types of files transfer fine, except for those three, which won't copy and just say error code 0. He can even transfer other .mov files. the MBP is running 10.5.1. Any insight? Reply With Quote 05-12-2008,11:31 PM #2 AlyciaAnimation View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Mar 04, 2008 Posts 477 What format is the external drive in? If is FAT32 then you can only write files up to 4 GB in size. If that's the case you'll need to reformat the drive to HFS+. Reply With Quote 10-24-2009,08:50 AM #3 Shoeboat View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Jun 01, 2008 Posts 101 Specs:MacBook Pro 15" I'm having the same problem with a few of my old imovie projects and I really need the space. Reply With Quote 10-24-2009,10:27 AM #4 vansmith View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Oct 19, 2008 Location Toronto Posts 19,782 Specs:2012 13" MBP (2.5 i5, 8GB) Like AlyciaAnimation asked, what is the external drive formatted as? Important Links: Community Guidelines : Use the reputation system if you've been helped. M-F Blog :: Write for the blog Writing a Quality Post Reply With Quote 12-02-2009,07:41 PM #5 palomino View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Dec 02, 2009 Posts 3 Alright I have a 1tb hard drive from acondata and I was having issues with transferring over 4gb. So i reformatted the drive and now i am able to transfer big amounts of data. Heres my question, I was doing this because I was hooking up my hard drive to my Samsung LED tv to play bluray movies, but now the tv wont read the hard drive, what do I do? Reply With Quote 12-02-2009,10:07 PM #6 chscag View Profile View Forum Posts Member Since Jan 23, 2008 Location Ke