win2k file size limits ??????

[mike tucknott]

Hi All
I`m having major problems with my video system.
For some reson I can only render 3.99Gb of videoat a time.
I`m using win2k and premiere 6 with a DV200 capure card.
As far as i was aware win2k did not suffer from the file size
limit as with other MS OS`s.

The pinnacle software uses instant video, I`v ticked the "openDML" box
which should alow me to capture/output up to 12TBytes.

I`m using FAT32 as my HD file system.

Any thoughts would be welcome....

Thanks Mike Tucknott

mail to michael.tucknott@virgin.net

[Yorel]

Fat32 is your problem. You need to run NTFS.

[REAP_IT]

The problem is not win2000, its your file system. Fat32 only supports file sizes of up to 4GB - 1byte. You should convert your hd to NTFS which can in theory support file sizes of up to 16 terabytes

[mike tucknott]

Thanks
When I clean and do a complete reinstall of my OS I`ll go down the
NTFS route, lets hope this sorts the problem.

Cheers Mike Tucknott

[spiderman2k1]

windows will convert to NTFS you do not have to format

[jwsons]

AND... when you convert to NTFS, you can not retrieve any data from hard drives still in 32-bit format !!!!!

[Yorel]

AND... when you convert to NTFS, you can not retrieve any data from hard drives still in 32-bit format !!!!!

Actually, you can't use that HD on a fat32 system. There IS backward compatibility. I use my fat32 removable in my NTFS system when I need to backup my info from my P3-500.

[txpharoah]

AND... when you convert to NTFS, you can not retrieve any data from hard drives still in 32-bit format !!!!!

Ya got that backwards! NTFS can read FAT. But not vice-versa.