Fix for Cannot copy file. The Parameter Is Incorrect Error

Brilliant, solved my problems straight away, cant belive i didnt think of it, ah well time to go see how the drives are doing formatting away…

thanks again

I face the same problem when i was trying to copy downloaded mp3 file to mp3player. specialy those file which are downloaded from http://www.mp3.de n i solv it by format player n avoid copying those mp3 file.

I recently had the “parameter is incorrect” error message when trying to copy files from a 4GB USB stick.
Some folders were accessible yet some were not, unless I was on the machine the files originated from.
while trying to fix the problem I needed to install winzip as the program I was installing needed to self extract, so I installed an old copy of 7.1
When I then checked the USB stick I found that this somehow cured the problem and now all the folders and files are accessible.
So in conclusion, install winzip on the PC that has the “parameter incorrect” message and hey-presto.

hi,
i came here looking for a solution coz by cd wont copy. showed the same error. desperately, opened the file in editplus and saved it in my desktop. it worked fine

I had this trouble. fixed it by zipping the file while on the usb stick copying the zipped file to the desktop then unzipped again.
It was a 700Mb avi file.

I also have this problem.I tried adding a game from my desktop to my memory stick on my psp and all it says is parameter is incorrect I don’t know what to do HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we are trying to copy a file which is 7GB to an USB drive and we get the same error, ipod flash drive etc.
The file is a main peice of a short film we are working on
how do we get this happening?
This is very very frustrating on my mac you seem to transfer fine but i have to get this from WIN to MAC

*facepalm* sometimes it’s the simplest things………

I was trying to copy a 12 GB file to a 16 GB flash drive and encountered this problem. Zipping reduced the file to about 7 GB but didn’t solve the issue, so I ended up using HJSPLIT to divide the file into 4 files and transfered across okay.

Trying to copy 380kb jpeg images from ———–card using card reader (I lost the cable to hook directly to the camera).

I got the error when trying to drag/drop to my laptop harddrive. Then I unplugged/plugged-in the card reader again… the standard windows wizard came up asking me how I wanted to treat the new device- the first time I said like a ard drive (and got the copy errors) The SECOND time I said retrieve from Scanner or cammera THIS WORKED even though it is reading from the card not through the camera.

Indeed, FAT32 only supports files up to 4 GB. I ran into the same problem when copying an ~4.5 GB file to an 8 GB flash drive.

There is a quicker solution that doesn’t require you to reformat or lose data on the drive, using the command-line “convert” command. Suppose the flash drive is mounted to g:\. Open up a command window (start menu -> run -> cmd), and type:

convert G: /FS:NTFS.

Personally, I don’t need the “security descriptors” on the flash drive file system, so I use the variant:

convert G: /FS:NTFS /NoSecurity.

The conversion should be very quick, and of course it has the benefit of not needing to move any files off the flash drive (since you don’t need to reformat it).

I hope that helps somebody. — Paul

I also got the error when I try to transfer files onto my N95 Nokia Cellphone, but I fixed yesterday. I posted the instruction on my web page: http://cloudydream.net84.net/index.php?p=1_8
Hope it helps.

Hi,
i am trying to copy a 109 mb file to my N95 phone..
2 weeks ago the file was copied, but later when i removed the MMC and plugged it again then after that i could transfer mp3′s but i could transfer videos more than 100 MB size.. could you help

hi, Cloudy
i tried your suggesstion that worked…
you solved the problem…
cheer’s \\m//

My external hard drive, that has been working fine for the past 3 months, now causes windows explorer to hang whenever i click on the hard drive icon in ‘my computer’

After a while when it “unhangs” the message that pops up either says ‘cannot open G/ the parameter is incorrect’
OR ‘to open this drive you must format it’

If i try and format it all the data will be erased, so how do i fix the parameter or format my hard drive without deleting anything ?

Please Help

Problem:
I couldn’t copy files(Java…) to my phone.
Solution:
I disabled the “Enhanced USB Host Controller.” (In Windows XP, you can find it under: Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > Universal Serial Bus controllers.) This will downgrade your USB speed from 2.0 to 1.1, but it consumes less power (which ensures a more stable connection).
Works GREAT!!!

wow! amazing! thank you so much cloudy! now ill be able to enjoy the movies i copied on my phone… ur such a winner! ^^

Bless you Jeff Allen ! :^ )

credit goes to Jeff Allen not to cloudy….
its very helpful jeff, tnx a lot

This worked for me. I was trying to copy a 4.6 GB zip file to a flash drive for my employer. Got the same parameter incorrect error. Tried breaking it up with the versions of Winzip and Winrar that were installed on the server and they couldn’t handle it. Discovered they only had Winzip 8.1. Installed Winzip 11.1, extracted the original zip file and recompressed it into 700 MB units and they copied fine. Thanks for the tip.

Hi Cloudy,
Ur Suggestion worked,thanks a lot..
Cheers \\m//

thank u v much cloudy…been a long time since ive been able to transfer files to my usb stick until your solution

Yo just need to Defragment the USB drive and the existing files will remain there even after defragmentation.

Thanks Paul, your suggestion to convert to NTFS using convert command helped.

Vijay

OMG Cloudy’s method worked T________T *cries*

thank you sooo much~!

Wow Cloudy! Ur the best man! The solution was simple but i should have think abt it! Once again thanks and happy new year!!!

i’ve fixed my problem when i transfer/copy a song to my cell phone. I compressed the song into a zip file then transfer it & it works!

thank u so much Jeff Allen.

Awesome!! thanks so much for the information!

My external hard drive, that has been working fine for the past 3 months, now causes windows explorer to hang whenever i click on the hard drive icon in ‘my computer’

After a while when it “unhangs” the message that pops up either says ‘cannot open G/ the parameter is incorrect’
OR ‘to open this drive you must format it’

If i try and format it all the data will be erased, so how do i fix the parameter or format my hard drive without deleting anything ?

Please Help

good suggestion, but doesn;t work for me. I’m trying to copy a file from a mac to a pc using my 8gb flash drive. i do get the same ‘incorrect error’ but I only have the option to format it as MS-DOS (FAT) or Mac Exteded. I put the drive in my vista OS and it’s only fromat options were UDf 2.nnn and the format fails for all those options anyways, so i have no way to format it as NTFS nor do I have any way of copying or sharing the file…

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY PSP ANY TIME I TRY TO COPY FILE TO MY PSP WHICH IS F: IT KEEPS TELLING ME “PAREMETER INCORRECT ERRO” CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE NEED HELP

I also have this problem.I tried adding a game from my desktop to my memory stick on my psp and all it says is parameter is incorrect I don’t know what to do HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey need help here trying to transfer my songs from my ipod to cop uing program called idump everything was going fine then started getting theparameter incorret message how d i fix thisss

i am geting data error(cyclic debudancy check) while i m tryin to copy files to card reader that is 1gb memory card

Thanks man…
It worked for me also.

cheers.
Gud luck

Paul Macklin, your suggestion just saved my nougies! THANKS!

THANK U MAN U SOLVED MY PROBLEM U ARE A LIFE SAVER THANKKKKKKKSSSSS

HEY FOR ANYONE THAT HAS A PSP U NEED TO FORMAT THE MEMORY STICK WITH YOUR COMPUTER AND MAKE SURE WHEN U FORMAT WHEN IT SAYS FILE SYSTEM FORMAT MAKE SURE IT SAYS FAT32 AND I GARANTE U IT WILL WORK TRUST ME!!!!!!!!!!READ ANYONE THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM ON A PSP

Thank you! Worked right away, just had to delete some files.
Phew!

thanks alot this topic was very useful to me

Hii friends

I was copying some MP3 files from my PC to 2gb memory card inserted in my phone LG KG195 . I was able to copy files uptill some 950 mb , but later on all of a sudden i was getting an error “cannot coy file :invalid parameter ” i to change the files names but it didnt work …i cant understand howcome i got the error between the halfway mark after i finished copying 950 mb .

I need help ..plz …as i have more free space left in my memory card and i need to copy more songs into the remaining space . pls suggest me a solution .

I hav this problem wen i m trying 2 copy a 391 mb file into my 4 gb memory card wich has 690 mb space free!!! pls help fast!!!

I was trying to transfer photos from a memory card when I received the error message on almost every every photo. I removed the card from the card reader, rubbed it and blew on it and put it back in. That seemed to solve the problem; the photos now copy perfectly.

i have a problem when trying to send mp3 songs to my micro SD card {Nokia E63. i’m using card reader.
when i send to removable disk it displayed “Cannot copy file, the parameter is incorrect”..
pls help me to solve it.. thx…

yeah, i tried to copy mp3 to my memory (micro SD, nokia E63), 1st i used card reader but it didn’t work, then i tried using cable, but it keep saying “the parameter is incorrect”, gosh it really FRUSTATING… !! need a HALP.. :’( PLEASE…

oh great. i formatted it into ntfs but it said unable to reformat. what should i do ? do u have any suggestions ? tnx

HI am bit worried about my new mobile nokia c5, i bought it 20 days ago, and my problem is when i put the data cable to upload my songs it opens and when i copy a song to my mobile through the data cable it tells that PARAMATER IS INCORRECT, what to do am so worried about this and when i bought the mobile i got a 2gb memory card and that time i copied songs nothing was wrong now again when i wanted to copy songs to my mobile its displaying like this please help me.

try connect your USB drive to a different usb port, especially the one at the back of your computer.

CLOUDY!! lOVE U DUDE..WHAT A SOLUTION THANKS!!

just delete some junk file..than..its all alright..

Hi guys i m getting “the parameter is incorrect” when i start my computer and then it shut down automatically and when i try to watch youtube after watching 1 min or less than 1 min this “parrameter is incorrect” pop up. please help me with this problem i m very frustrated about this problem. Thanks for the solutions.

I was trying to copy a 70mb AVI file from an 8Gb MemoryStick Pro to the hard drive, and it would not copy because the parameter was incorrect.

I used AllToAVI (alltoavi.sourceforge.net) to capture the AVI file from the memory stick, when all other programs failed to open it.

I originally downloaded AllToAVI because it correctly reads subtitles from .mkv video files.

The 70mb file in question is now safely on my hard drive.

I have to have my hd formatted to FAT32 because iuse it on my PS3, so wat are the ways around that. trying to store bigger files that 4.5gb on FAT32

I tried to copy a 1.2GB file from C:\torrent to a 4GB flash drive that had 1.8 GB free and got this error. I tried renaming the file to a smaller name, without special characters and still, same error, then tried deleting a ;large file that was on the USB drive, leaving 2.45GB free, hoping it was a fragmentation issue, still the same error. I was able to copy the file to the root of H: drive (a different drive, not just another partition, I have many…), then was able to successfully copy it from the root of H: to the USB drive. I still do not know what caused the error, nor why copying from a different location worked. Windows XP Pro SP3, USB formatted FAT32, C: is first partition, 234GB in size on 500GB drive, H: is last partition, 215GB in size on a second, same make/model 500GB drive. Both partitions are NTFS. Can anyone explain what is going on?

I used a 32GB Delkin SDHC cards to film a wedding with a Canon 60D (DSLR camera). Yesterday when i was transferring the files to my cpu, one of the .mov files which contained the whole ceremony kept giving me parameter errors or device not ready… i tried transferring and converting it via CanopusProcoder directly from the card and only managed to extract half of the 3GB file.. the rest of the file i cannot seem to transfer, it would stop midway through the transfer/extraction and give me the errors. I’ve tried 2 different card readers and 3 different computers. all other files in the card went through smoothly with no problems.

Thanks,

Ken

Thanx a ton jeff allen …solved my problem and saved my day now i can got sleep in peace

thanks a lot

please help! i was trying to copy games to my r4 III for ds and it says The parameter is incorrect! what should i do to fix this????

Thanks Paul, your command worked without needing to format the drive

convert G: /FS:NTFS /NoSecurity.

** FIX For the Problem:
** The main problem is with the Memory sectors of the respective media, i.e the memory latches which are misplaced.
so to correct it Follow the Procedure:

- Right click on the desired Drive and select Properties.
- Then in the Properties , Go to Tools Tab.
- Press the “check Now” button.
- Check ,
* Auto fix Errors.
* Scan for Bad sectors.
- Wait till it completes all phases.

Thanks, it worked!

why Can’t I Copy a Large File Despite Having Larger Free Space?
convert FAT32 to NTFS

Start > Run > Cmd

convert d: /fs:ntfs

Now I can copy large files! yey! XD

rapture: i agree, trying a different usb port worked for me. thank u! needed to transfer a 550mb avi file from a mini sd card to a usb drive

i have external 1tb hard drive, that has been working fine for since last night, whenever i click on the hard drive icon in ‘my computer’ After a while when it “unhangs” the message that pops up either says ‘cannot open I/ the parameter is incorrect’If i try and format it all the data will be erased, so how do i fix the parameter or format my hard drive without deleting anything ? plz try to help me asap..

i hv 4gb memory card but i am not able to copy,cut or delete the data from card.and i can not put the data in it from computer or bluthueth.help me plz

I had the same problem copying a file of 60MB from hard disk to a Micro-SD of 4GB size.
There was 1.2GB free on the Memory Card.
After reading this article, i just freed up some space in my memory card, and tried copying the same file again. Done! Copied!
Thank Dude

i had tried to copy data into my laptop from pendrive,but aftersome time i instantly get an message “you have to make administrative permission” after that i click on continue button,but data was not copy in my pc.
so help me fix that problem.

My external hard drive, that has been working fine , now causes windows explorer to hang whenever i click on the hard drive icon in ‘my computer’

After a while when it “unhangs” the message that pops up either says ‘cannot open G/ the parameter is incorrect’

If i try and format it all the data will be erased, so how do i fix the parameter or format my hard drive without deleting anything ?

Thanks for the solution ……….its very helpful.

i cannot delete files from my usb flashdrive

Hi ,
i have a prob with my flash memory ( 4 gb) , the pc asked me to format it to can use it, and after i formatted i have only 4MB , i’ve tried to enter in Disk Management it says the same 4Mb…please help
Thanks

“”" Indeed, FAT32 only supports files up to 4 GB. I ran into the same problem when copying an ~4.5 GB file to an 8 GB flash drive.
There is a quicker solution that doesn’t require you to reformat or lose data on the drive, using the command-line “convert” command. Suppose the flash drive is mounted to g:\. Open up a command window (start menu -> run -> cmd), and type:
convert G: /FS:NTFS.
Personally, I don’t need the “security descriptors” on the flash drive file system, so I use the variant:
convert G: /FS:NTFS /NoSecurity.
The conversion should be very quick, and of course it has the benefit of not needing to move any files off the flash drive (since you don’t need to reformat it).
I hope that helps somebody. — Paul “”"

Thank you so much Jeff Allen !

It worked It worked Am soooooooooooo happy thanks a ZILLION !!

“”” Indeed, FAT32 only supports files up to 4 GB. I ran into the same problem when copying an ~4.5 GB file to an 8 GB flash drive.
There is a quicker solution that doesn’t require you to reformat or lose data on the drive, using the command-line “convert” command. Suppose the flash drive is mounted to g:\. Open up a command window (start menu -> run -> cmd), and type:
convert G: /FS:NTFS.
Personally, I don’t need the “security descriptors” on the flash drive file system, so I use the variant:
convert G: /FS:NTFS /NoSecurity
The conversion should be very quick, and of course it has the benefit of not needing to move any files off the flash drive (since you don’t need to reformat it).
I hope that helps somebody. — Paul “””

Smart and easy. Thank you Paul Macklin!

Thnx a lot……

Whenever i try to use my scanner it comes up with the msg “parameters are incorrect” the above solutions don’t seem to apply in this case as it’s installed onto the computer rather than a separate drive. Please help.

Please help me on this issue.
what to do Parameter in correct comes on copying photos from memory card to pc

that was awesome coooool man get the thing right away