Copying large files to the microdrive

[jstimson]

Has anybody else had an issue with trying to get large files onto the microdrive?

By large, I'm talking on the order of over 1gb.

Using the default route, of course activesync gets into the mix and has to get its grubby little paws onto the file to see if it needs conversion. It doesn't. But I can start the copy process (from my computer hard disk) and it will never stop and there is no progress on the progress bar.

I've also tried using wm5storage but also had no luck.

At this point I may have to find a large miniSD card and just copy files directly to that using a card reader and then insert that into my x7501.

[eaglesteve]

Has anybody else had an issue with trying to get large files onto the microdrive?

By large, I'm talking on the order of over 1gb.

Using the default route, of course activesync gets into the mix and has to get its grubby little paws onto the file to see if it needs conversion. It doesn't. But I can start the copy process (from my computer hard disk) and it will never stop and there is no progress on the progress bar.

I've also tried using wm5storage but also had no luck.

At this point I may have to find a large miniSD card and just copy files directly to that using a card reader and then insert that into my x7501.


I had copied 3.8 GB size files using wm5torage without problem. The only thing you have to be aware is that the latest wm5torage posted on modaco is buggy, and would drop out before you could finish copy. After testing it for a while, I went 2 version back, and it works everytime, perfectly. The drawback of this application is sometimes it is difficult to get it working, if you have other programs or plugins running. The way to overcome it is to do a soft reset then run wm5torage (old version only, remember). You must have activesync installed on your pc.

I had also tried card export II. However, this application is still a little strange, in that sometimes it wants you to reinstall it again and again. But once reinstalled, I could use it. The advantage of this application is that, once you have reinstalled it (although you have already installed it!), your pc need not have activesync, and you don't need to worry about the other programs or plugins.

Hope this helps.

[Abram]

Has anybody else had an issue with trying to get large files onto the microdrive?

By large, I'm talking on the order of over 1gb.

Using the default route, of course activesync gets into the mix and has to get its grubby little paws onto the file to see if it needs conversion. It doesn't. But I can start the copy process (from my computer hard disk) and it will never stop and there is no progress on the progress bar.

I've also tried using wm5storage but also had no luck.

At this point I may have to find a large miniSD card and just copy files directly to that using a card reader and then insert that into my x7501.



I do tranfer 2 or 3 700-750Mb avi files at the same time via AS. No problems at all. After each file, it pauses as if to cache, then starts loading/transferring to microdrive. Sometimes the pauses last up to a minute or more. I used to worry before. Now I just leave it, go do something else and its copying by the time I get back. it's not the same as 1 huge file but...........
I hope this helps.:)

[hokie36]

I use Resco Exporer to map a drive from my desktop and pull files down over wifi. This seems to be more reliable than AS.

[johnwalk]

I use Resco Exporer to map a drive from my desktop and pull files down over wifi. This seems to be more reliable than AS.

I do this also but takes far too long to transfer anything big, I did that the other night transfering some albums to MD. what took an hour could have been done in 6 min with wmstorage.