Unable to copy file from local drive to external drive

I'm attempting to copy a 7gb file from my local drive on my iMac to an external firewire drive. Whenever I try to do this I get the following message: Sorry, the operation could not be completed because an unexpected error occurred.
I've rebooted, checked permissions on local and external drive. I'm the only person that uses this iMac. It only has one profile on it. Any suggestions?

Hello Sikwidityo
If that External HD is formatted MS-DOS FAT32, then there is a 4GB file size limit that the iMac's can write to it.
See > http://www.macworld.com/article/51972/2006/07/ww_drives.html
In order to copy large files to it you from your Intel iMac's, you will need to set the Partition Map Scheme to GUID Partition Table and Format it Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
See > http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/partitioningtiger.html
Keep in mind that repartitioning and reformatting will erase the current data on the External drive. So if you do, you'll need to copy it's contents to one of your iMac's and then back when your done.
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