Xp fails copying large amount of data

[ranjan2001]

IT seems either some bottleneck is happening or I have something setup wrong.
I am formatting hence need to move over 500gb data to a new HDD

I tried copying 50gb data Xp pro SP2 says "preparing to copy" then remains hanged then gives error cant copy. I have to move much smaller 1-2gb data then it works.

Is there anything which I have set it wrong which is causing this error. Whenever I need to move 40-50gb data I have always found this to be a problem, can someone tell me the problem.

 

[swatkat]

Use Robocopy. More info here:
*powersunfiltered.com/2007/05/05/preparing-to-copy-no-robocopy/

 

[ravi_9793]

Not very sure, but make external hard disk in NTFS system, and your problem should be solved. FAT system has limitation of 4GB.

 

[ranjan2001]

all my hdd external or internal are formated as NTFS so there seems to be some other issue.

I found a better utility to copy/sync files, the trial version gives 30 days & it does more than what I needed.
*www.superflexible.com/features.htm