Sent: 08/03/2006
From: zyx100
Message:it is formatted with NTFS. If I would drop such file to FAT32 i could get
some error. In my case there is no error. The file is copied with wrong size.
Resulting file size is less than original by 4G
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
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> Is the guest vhd formatted with NTFS? 4GB is the FAT32 limit.
>
> "zyx100" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Cannot drop files over 4Gb from host machine into virtual PC (Windows XP)
> > Try drag and drop file over 4G from HOST into VIRTUAL PC. Resulting file
> > size is exactly ( sizeof(file)-4Gb) and last 4Gb are just lost. This is
> > very
> > bad since I tried to use virtual machine for testing some video encoding
> > program. I need to drop MPEG2 files over 4Gb in size into virtual PC.
> >
> > PLEASE PLEASE FIX IT!!!! AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!
>
>
>
Sent: 08/03/2006
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com>
Message:Is the guest vhd formatted with NTFS? 4GB is the FAT32 limit.
"zyx100" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> Cannot drop files over 4Gb from host machine into virtual PC (Windows XP)
> Try drag and drop file over 4G from HOST into VIRTUAL PC. Resulting file
> size is exactly ( sizeof(file)-4Gb) and last 4Gb are just lost. This is
> very
> bad since I tried to use virtual machine for testing some video encoding
> program. I need to drop MPEG2 files over 4Gb in size into virtual PC.
>
> PLEASE PLEASE FIX IT!!!! AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!
Sent: 08/03/2006
From: "Tom Andrecht" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:It might not hurt to (if you know how) map a network drive to your host
machine from inside your virtual machine. That's saved me quite a few times
since i just "network" through and pull the file right in from inside the
vm.
Tom
"zyx100" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> it is formatted with NTFS. If I would drop such file to FAT32 i could get
> some error. In my case there is no error. The file is copied with wrong
> size.
> Resulting file size is less than original by 4G
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> Is the guest vhd formatted with NTFS? 4GB is the FAT32 limit.
>>
>> "zyx100" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> > Cannot drop files over 4Gb from host machine into virtual PC (Windows
>> > XP)
>> > Try drag and drop file over 4G from HOST into VIRTUAL PC. Resulting
>> > file
>> > size is exactly ( sizeof(file)-4Gb) and last 4Gb are just lost. This is
>> > very
>> > bad since I tried to use virtual machine for testing some video
>> > encoding
>> > program. I need to drop MPEG2 files over 4Gb in size into virtual PC.
>> >
>> > PLEASE PLEASE FIX IT!!!! AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!
>>
>>
>>
Sent: 08/03/2006
From: zyx100
Message:Well thanx. But anyway it is wierd thing. It would be nice if this can be
fixed.
"Tom Andrecht" wrote:
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> It might not hurt to (if you know how) map a network drive to your host
> machine from inside your virtual machine. That's saved me quite a few times
> since i just "network" through and pull the file right in from inside the
> vm.
>
> Tom
>
> "zyx100" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > it is formatted with NTFS. If I would drop such file to FAT32 i could get
> > some error. In my case there is no error. The file is copied with wrong
> > size.
> > Resulting file size is less than original by 4G
> >
> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> >
> >> Is the guest vhd formatted with NTFS? 4GB is the FAT32 limit.
> >>
> >> "zyx100" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> >> news:(email address - cut out)...
> >> > Cannot drop files over 4Gb from host machine into virtual PC (Windows
> >> > XP)
> >> > Try drag and drop file over 4G from HOST into VIRTUAL PC. Resulting
> >> > file
> >> > size is exactly ( sizeof(file)-4Gb) and last 4Gb are just lost. This is
> >> > very
> >> > bad since I tried to use virtual machine for testing some video
> >> > encoding
> >> > program. I need to drop MPEG2 files over 4Gb in size into virtual PC.
> >> >
> >> > PLEASE PLEASE FIX IT!!!! AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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