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by MollieGizmo - 11/7/09 11:03 AM
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Windows 7 64 bit large files

by MollieGizmo - 11/7/09 11:03 AM

Before you buy or upgrade to Windows 7 (64 bit), be aware you absolutely cannot copy large files to external USB drives...so no backups or copy to/from these drives will be possible.

I am growling mad at MS for releasing a product with such a basic flaw.

Does anyone have a fix?

Does anyone want to swap their Mac for my PC?

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Temporary Workaround...

by dextire - 11/7/09 9:53 PM In reply to: Windows 7 64 bit large files by MollieGizmo

It looks like this problem is for the most part only with Nvidia chipsets. I found a temporary work around on:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprohardware/thread/3aae3b66-6a1a-47e8-ad1b-b20b68eaecf8#79ea3219-d76e-40bc-b910-c7d347002e66

Open the command prompt and type "bcdedit /set truncatememory 0x80000000" (without the quotes) and then restart.
Hope that helps.

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Temporary workaround

by MollieGizmo - 11/8/09 10:05 AM In reply to: Temporary Workaround... by dextire

Hi - thanks for the tip, I did actually try the memory thing yesterday, didn't seem to work. I'll give it another go.

I have an American Megatrends chipset (BIOS) only Nvidia chips are the graphics.

Thanks

Michael

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Chipset

by MollieGizmo - 11/8/09 10:15 AM In reply to: Temporary workaround by MollieGizmo

It's an Intel chipset for the USB host controller.

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