Another possibility - What is the actual size of the largest file to be copied If more than 2Gb, it could be that if the destination partition is fat, then it may not allow files that large to be created on the partition
JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Sims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 5:43 PM Subject: Re: Insufficient memory when copying one folder to another The "insufficent memory error" is due to the long command line consumming memory space inside the commandline environment. In the old days of DOS the maximum size of a commandline is 127 characters. The command line history buffer also consumes memory too so you need to increase the amount of memory for the history buffer also. You can prevent this from happening in WIndows 2000 by going to Control Panel > System > Advanced > click Environment Variables. Click Edit and shorten the PATH variable to free up memory. To increase the History Buffer size go to Command Prompt > right click on the titlebar click Properties > Options Tab > set Command History to 100 and set Number Of Buffers to 10. Also check out this BK from Microsoft. You May Not Be Able to Copy Large Files on Computers That Are Running Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 259837 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;259837 Marc Sims Data Technician I Prince George's Community College >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, December 05, 2005 >>> Hi all, I am executing the following line within a batch file copy d:\eudora5_data d:\data\docs\misc\letters\e-mail\eudora5_new /s /d /z /y The paths are correct and the folders but I get an "insufficient memory" error message when this command is run and nothing is copied. However, when I run the following line to copy files to a USB thumb drives, the copying process occurs flawlessly. copy d:\eudora5_data f:\eudora5_data /s /d /z /y /exclude:d:\eudora5_data\exc.txt exc.txt has eudora.ini on a single line. I see no difference between the above 2 command lines. Where could the problem be? OS=Windows 2000 professional all updates applied ram=1GB hard disk= 80GB it is partitioned but there is plenty of space on both partitions. a chkdsk does not help. -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
