USB Sticks connected to R8000 cannot copy large files - invalid file handle error

I was trying to copy large .ISO files to the USB sticks connected to my R8000 WiFi router's USB ports. I have tried both USB ports and both give me the same error whenever I try to copy and paste a large file into them.

The error I get is "invalid file handle".

Does anyone know why this happens?

Troubleshooting

JamesGL
Jun 28, 2016
Hi vinnynasoz,

What is the format of your drive? Have you tried other USB drive and check other type of format like NTFS or FAT32. The reason as the drive may not support .ISO files.

4 Replies

JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jun 28, 2016
Hi vinnynasoz,

What is the format of your drive? Have you tried other USB drive and check other type of format like NTFS or FAT32. The reason as the drive may not support .ISO files.
- vinnynasoz
  Aspirant
  Jun 29, 2016
  You are right. The problem was my USB sticks were in FAT32 format. I formatted them to NTFS and it works perfectly.
  - JamesGL
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Jun 30, 2016
    Hi vinnynasoz,
    
    Great to know it works fine now.

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USB Sticks connected to R8000 cannot copy large files - invalid file handle error