Flash drive doesn't save files

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Lucy90, Aug 8, 2015.

  1. Lucy90

    Lucy90 Private E-2

    Hi. (Sorry in advance for my english)
    I have a flash drive which is supposed to be 128GB. I saved some movies in it (they work fine), but I can't save any more files, and I should still have space left.

    Whenever I try to save another movie, It shows me that is loading to the flash drive, but it takes a lot of time, and when it's finally done and I open the file, it has nothing inside. It just saves empty files.

    When I right click it --> properties, it says "capacity: 124 GB, used space: 32 GB, available space: 92 GB"
    If the flash drive has less space than stated, shouldn't it say that there's not enough capacity?

    Thanks for helping :heart :heart
     
  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    When you look at the properties of the 128GB USB stick, what file system is shown?
    If it is FAT32, as I suspect, and your files are 4GB or larger, they can not be put on a FAT32 drive. Check the sizes of those missing movies.

    FAT32 can only handle files smaller than 4GB.
     
  3. Lucy90

    Lucy90 Private E-2

    Indeed, it says FAT32. But the movie I try to save is less tan 2 GB ): And the others movies were the same size (<2GB) and they work fine. I don't know what's going on ): maybe they lied and the USB stick never had that capacity...? (Btw, thanks very much for the help)
     
  4. Caliban

    Caliban I don't need no steenkin' title!

    Greetings, Lucy90.

    One thing you might try: in Windows Explorer click Tools > Folder Options > View (if you're using Windows 10 your path would be File Explorer > File > Options > View)...in the Advanced Settings box enable the "Show hidden files, folders and drives" button and OK out...now check your flash drive and see if there are any formerly invisible folders and/or files.

    Be advised: for security's sake you'll want to disable this setting after testing.

    Also: what's the make and model # of your flash drive?
     

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