Handling Oversized Files in Win98SE

Howdy,

This is a continuation of a thread I started in the Welcome forums (moving it to where it should have been in the first place).

I'm trying to get a system/setup for burning DVD's from VCR tapes. Been a hassle, but I have most of the problems worked out. The big ones were incompabilities between my CD software (Roxio) and video digitizer (ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 8500 video card).

The first step in this process is to make a DVD quality MP2 file from the VCR sitting on top of my hutch. This results in a 3.6 Gig MP2 file which I need to be able to move around. My solution to the incompatibility issue is to use two different drives on the same computer using removable hard drive bays. I have a substantial house network (started with my BBS and kinda grew from there) so I can shuffle files around at need, except...

My windows will not cut/paste or copy/paste a file this big. I get several errors with the core phrase "incorrect parameters". TimW was kind enough to show me a file splitter, but it seems to have the same problems, the file is too big. I can't burn the file onto a disk (DVD of course). All these problems seem to have Windows as the core issue, since they use Windows file manager in one way or another the file just sits there.

I have solved the core problem by going backwards. I tried copying the file locally in DOS, it worked. I then mapped my personal computer to my server (fancy name for another Win98SE machine running my BBS, printer, and file archives) and used the MS prompt to copy across the network. That worked. So I'm basically out of the woods (with fingers crossed).

Early in the process of experiments I have successfully burned a DVD, so that isn't a problem per se.

I'm still left with two questions though. How can I burn this file to a DVD disc for backup in its original MP2 format? In otherwords, save a 3.6 Gig file on DVD disc. It's not completely necessary, but I wanna. Would this even be a problem in XP? The other is more basic, what are Windows 98SE restrictions for file management? I have to admit I don't understand why a really large file should be so intractable, unless it is because Windows is designed to store the entire file in memory before it can process it.

I have written file splitters, but that was in my C128 days. Guess if I have to I'll brush off my QBasic skills, but that really is more work than I'd like to do. So many projects, so little time. The time between my welcome message and this post was spent scanning/reading the entire software forum. I scratched at the surface, these forums are deep. I'm going to be a regular here.

My computer: Athlon 2400, 2 CD drives, LG DVD ROM CDRW, Sony DVDRW, 512 Meg RAM, Win98SE, (usually) 135Gig 133ATA 7200RPM HD, Radeon AIW 8500 video card.

 

OK, right now everything works. I would still like to move those hulking 4 Gig MP2 files off my hard disk without loosing them (ie: delete), but it looks like it may be the only option.

Win98SE balks at copying these files, and moving them between hard disks (always "The parameter is incorrect"). Win98SE can move them internally on a partition, but I think that is more a matter of rewriting the FAT file. DOS, on the other hand, doesn't care.

Is there any DOS based file splitters?

DOS based DVD writers (I had to ask)?

Does XP have this problem (verified facts please, not opinions)?

I can convert the file into and .iso standard, but I don't believe I can go backwards. Can I?

Thanks.