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Shane:
Fat32 file systems can only handle 2 or 4GB max sized files. So normal format to use is NTFS which is the normal file system for windows and it can handle much larger file sizes.

But to change the file system from one to the other normally requires formatting the drive into the new file system, which means you need to backup the files to another drive first and then move them back.

Some 3rd party software can change the files system with the files still on there but those dont always go as planned and you can end up with corrupt data.

So it is possible that is how the files got corrupt :wink:

Shane

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