Greetings, listers.  I just purchased an 8gb Crucial Gizmo flash drive mainly 
to back up my Documents and Settings folder.  First, using the Windows Backup 
utility, I created a copy of my Documents and Settings folder and saved it on 
my C drive in My Documents.  This newly created folder was supposedly 6.6gb in 
size according to its Properties page.  Next I copied it to the clipboard.  But 
when I tried to paste it into my new flash drive, a message immediately popped 
up prompting me to insert a new volume because the flash drive was full.  
Hitting Retry, another message alerted me that my flash drive did not have 
enough capacity to hold the file I was trying to paste.  I don't understand 
what's going on.  My flash drive contains 7.5gb of available free space , so it 
should certainly be able to hold a 6.6gb file.  Is it possible that this file 
is really bigger than 6.6gb?  How can I determine the actual size if the figure 
on the Properties page is inaccurate?  Or perhaps the amount of free space on 
my flash drive is being overstated?  In any case, is there any way to back up 
my Documents and Settings folder onto this flash drive?  Or will I have to bite 
the bullet and ante up for a larger flash drive or external hard drive?  Any 
ideas? BTW, I was able to successfully copy and paste a smaller 2gb file to the 
flash drive, so I know it's not defective. I'm running XP Pro, if that makes 
any difference. Thanks.

Gerald 
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