False "Disk Full" Error Message

I¹ve searched and can¹t find anything else on this. Hope someone has a good
idea for me.

I¹m running Office 2007 Pro on XP Pro SP3. The volume is formatted FAT 32,
which someone says may be the problem.

My main .pst is over 4GB, but the limit is supposed to be 20G.

I get an error that says the disk I am trying to write to is full. Says I
should empty Delete folder, throw away some files, or check to see it is not
write-protected.

I can¹t delete the three files in the Deleted Items folder. Get the same
message. Get it when I try to do anything * even dismiss a group of old
reminder alerts.

The drive has 40GB available out of 79GB capacity.

Thanks for anything you can throw at this. You can bet this is a business
problem.


Best,

Bill

Office 2007 Pro - Windows XP Pro SP3

Windows XP can handle FAT32 partitions up to 128GB; so this does not
seem to be the cause of your problem. However, I would recommend
thinking to convert that partition to NTFS sometime in the future.
FAT32 partitions are much easier to lose file fragments than NTFS; it
also has weaker security than NTFS.

What I would do in your case is to (after closing Outlook)
- 1st do a full backup of your partition
- run CHKDSK /F on the partition
- run SCANPST against your PST file

Report back if the problem persists.

Bill Weylock wrote:
I’ve searched and can’t find anything else on this. Hope someone has a
good idea for me.

I’m running Office 2007 Pro on XP Pro SP3. The volume is formatted FAT
32, which someone says may be the problem.

My main .pst is over 4GB, but the limit is supposed to be 20G.

I get an error that says the disk I am trying to write to is full. Says
I should empty Delete folder, throw away some files, or check to see it
is not write-protected.

I can’t delete the three files in the Deleted Items folder. Get the same
message. Get it when I try to do anything – even dismiss a group of old
reminder alerts.

The drive has 40GB available out of 79GB capacity.

Thanks for anything you can throw at this. You can bet this is a
business problem.


Best,

Bill

Office 2007 Pro - Windows XP Pro SP3

Correct, FAT32 is the problem here. The maximum size of a file on a FAT32
volume is 4GB. Convert your disk to the NTFS format and you should be fine;

Open a command prompt and type;
convert c: /fs:ntfs

You'll then get prompted that it will take a reboot before the conversion
can be executed.

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"Bill Weylock" wrote in message
...
I've searched and can't find anything else on this. Hope someone has a good
idea for me.

I'm running Office 2007 Pro on XP Pro SP3. The volume is formatted FAT 32,
which someone says may be the problem.

My main .pst is over 4GB, but the limit is supposed to be 20G.

I get an error that says the disk I am trying to write to is full. Says I
should empty Delete folder, throw away some files, or check to see it is not
write-protected.

I can't delete the three files in the Deleted Items folder. Get the same
message. Get it when I try to do anything - even dismiss a group of old
reminder alerts.

The drive has 40GB available out of 79GB capacity.

Thanks for anything you can throw at this. You can bet this is a business
problem.


Best,

Bill

Office 2007 Pro - Windows XP Pro SP3

"Bill Weylock" wrote in message
...

I'm running Office 2007 Pro on XP Pro SP3. The volume is formatted FAT 32,
which someone says may be the problem.
My main .pst is over 4GB, but the limit is supposed to be 20G.

FAT32 file systems can't have files over 4GB in size AFAIR....Why are you
running XP Pro in FAT32 in the first place?
There are many advantages of using NTFS over FAT, mainly in the security
area.
Back up all your data then look he

How to convert FAT32 to NTFS:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.php
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881

Ok, I seem to have missed the 4GB file size limit that subsequent
posters correctly stated.

Also, the 128GB limit I mentioned is only for Win9x; later Windows
versions have a much higher limit.

Pat Willener wrote:
Windows XP can handle FAT32 partitions up to 128GB; so this does not
seem to be the cause of your problem. However, I would recommend
thinking to convert that partition to NTFS sometime in the future.
FAT32 partitions are much easier to lose file fragments than NTFS; it
also has weaker security than NTFS.

What I would do in your case is to (after closing Outlook)
- 1st do a full backup of your partition
- run CHKDSK /F on the partition
- run SCANPST against your PST file

Report back if the problem persists.

Bill Weylock wrote:
I’ve searched and can’t find anything else on this. Hope someone has a
good idea for me.

I’m running Office 2007 Pro on XP Pro SP3. The volume is formatted FAT
32, which someone says may be the problem.

My main .pst is over 4GB, but the limit is supposed to be 20G.

I get an error that says the disk I am trying to write to is full. Says
I should empty Delete folder, throw away some files, or check to see it
is not write-protected.

I can’t delete the three files in the Deleted Items folder. Get the same
message. Get it when I try to do anything – even dismiss a group of old
reminder alerts.

The drive has 40GB available out of 79GB capacity.

Thanks for anything you can throw at this. You can bet this is a
business problem.


Best,

Bill

Office 2007 Pro - Windows XP Pro SP3

"Pat Willener" wrote in message
...
Windows XP can handle FAT32 partitions up to 128GB;

Partition yes - but not FILE size........AFAIR.

"Pat Willener" wrote in message
...
Ok, I seem to have missed the 4GB file size limit that subsequent posters
correctly stated.


Never mind - you made me go and do some research to check! :-)

Thanks. I¹ve done that several times already.

Scan shows errors, offers to fix, then fails with ³not enough room on disk
to repair.² That¹s ridiculous of course.

I figured it would ultimately require a reinstall, but I¹ve already
uninstalled and reinstalled from the original disk. No help.

I¹ve defragmented the drive. Then reinstalled.

Any other thoughts? Sure hope so!

Thanks again!


Best,


- Bill


On 10/5/09 2:29 AM, in article , "Pat
Willener" wrote:

Windows XP can handle FAT32 partitions up to 128GB; so this does not
seem to be the cause of your problem. However, I would recommend
thinking to convert that partition to NTFS sometime in the future.
FAT32 partitions are much easier to lose file fragments than NTFS; it
also has weaker security than NTFS.

What I would do in your case is to (after closing Outlook)
- 1st do a full backup of your partition
- run CHKDSK /F on the partition
- run SCANPST against your PST file

Report back if the problem persists.

Bill Weylock wrote:
I¹ve searched and can¹t find anything else on this. Hope someone has a
good idea for me.

I¹m running Office 2007 Pro on XP Pro SP3. The volume is formatted FAT
32, which someone says may be the problem.

My main .pst is over 4GB, but the limit is supposed to be 20G.

I get an error that says the disk I am trying to write to is full. Says
I should empty Delete folder, throw away some files, or check to see it
is not write-protected.

I can¹t delete the three files in the Deleted Items folder. Get the same
message. Get it when I try to do anything * even dismiss a group of old
reminder alerts.

The drive has 40GB available out of 79GB capacity.

Thanks for anything you can throw at this. You can bet this is a
business problem.


Best,

Bill

Office 2007 Pro - Windows XP Pro SP3


Best,

Bill

Office 2007 Pro - Windows XP Pro SP3

"Bill Weylock" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I've done that several times already.
Scan shows errors, offers to fix, then fails with "not enough room on disk
to repair." That's ridiculous of course.

read the other replies - FAT32 won't handle files over 4GB in size. You need
to convert to NTFS file format.

And PLEASE do NOT post in HTML...
Thank you.

I can do this safely without losing data?? Would assume that would
completely reformat drive? Or is it something like journaling, that can be
turned off and on?

Thanks very much. I did search for information on how to convert the drive,
but didn¹t have any luck till now.


Best,


- Bill


On 10/5/09 2:32 AM, in article
, "Roady [MVP]"
t wrote:

Correct, FAT32 is the problem here. The maximum size of a file on a FAT32
volume is 4GB. Convert your disk to the NTFS format and you should be fine;

Open a command prompt and type;
convert c: /fs:ntfs

You'll then get prompted that it will take a reboot before the conversion
can be executed.

Best,

Bill
iMac 2.8Ghz -10.5.4
Office 2008 12.1.1/2007 - Windows XP Pro SP3