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I just hooked up a new Simpletech usb 2.0 drive. I'm having an odd
problem. If I try to copy or move, for example, a 2 gigabyte mpeg file
size (2 gigabytes) of non-mpeg files--pdf, word, jpeg, etc.--the

You said...

1) a 2 gigabyte mpeg file (= singular)
vs
2) (2 gigabytes) of non-mpeg files (= plural)

Perhaps this difference has a lot to do with it. How much memory do you have
in your PC?
Try comparing _a_ 256MByte mpg file with _a_ 256M Word file.

What do you think Rod?

Colin