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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Mon 18-Jun-07 18:32:18
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FAT32 drive split my 6gig file: help!


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I moved a huge file from my laptop onto my network drive, which is FAT32 formatted and it split it into 2 seperate files. I then deleted the original file from my laptop harddrive as I needed the room and now can't workout how or if it's possible to 'stitch' the 2 files back together. Does anyone know if it's possible? Cheers in advance!
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(deleted) Mon 18-Jun-07 20:55:29
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Re: FAT32 drive split my 6gig file: help!


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what was it video?
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(member) Mon 18-Jun-07 21:07:22
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Re: FAT32 drive split my 6gig file: help!


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As you have found FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4GB so anything more than this will be split up. It may be possible to recreate the original file by copying the two files back onto your NTFS laptop drive and stiching it back together by opening a command prompt and using the following:

copy <file1> + <file2> <target>

where
<file1> is the filename of the 4GB part of the split file
<file2> is the filename of the 2GB part of the split file
<target> is the filename of the 6GB file you are hoping to recreate


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Standard User deleted
(deleted) Mon 18-Jun-07 23:53:23
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Re: FAT32 drive split my 6gig file: help!


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Believe it or not I did know about the 4gig limit with FAT32 but it completely slipped my mind.

At any rate, I'm getting an error when copying the larger of the 2 files back onto my laptop.
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(deleted) Tue 19-Jun-07 10:35:26
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copy /b file1 + file2

tells copy its a binary file back in the day I used to stich sections of AVI files from usenet back together this way with a batch fille to automate the process
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