Windows 7 can't copy file - Error 0x800700DF: The file size exceeds the limit allowed and cannot be saved

Question

Any attempt to copy files larger than about 40 MB from a network share (a SAN running open filer / Samba) to my local machine running Windows 7 always results in the following error and the copy fails:

Error 0x800700DF: The file size exceeds the limit allowed and cannot be saved.

I've tried copying to my C: drive and a USB drive with the same results. Smaller files copy just fine. Clearly 40 MB is not that big of a file so I'm assuming it is some buggy interaction between windows 7 and Samba perhaps. Google has so far turned up nothing. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

We recently upgraded OpenFiler/Samba on the file server and I can now happily report that I was able to copy a 3GB file with no problems.

Answer 2

I cannot find anything on that error either... Does this happen with any other computers in your network? Grasping at straws here, but I'd recommend capturing a network trace during the file copy operation with Netmon or WireShark and compare them with a trace of the operation working on another client, and see if any difference in the traffic jumps out at you.

Answer 3

I was having this same problem and it seems to have disappeared -- maybe the most recent Win7 patch? Have you tested this in the last few days with a fully-updated system?

Answer 4

I ran into a similar issue and I noticed something interesting:

net use - while share is giving error

Status       Local     Remote                    Network
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK           P:        \\share\storage   Web Client Network

net use - after a remap to another drive letter

Status       Local     Remote                    Network
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK           M:        \\share\storage   Microsoft Windows Network

No idea why it thought it was a "web client network" as I was using just as I would any SMB share but it's another data point for this type of issue.