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Hello,
Wasn't sure if this is a video problem, but I am trying to store some dvd's as .ISO files on my flash drive.
I have a 128gb usb 3.0 flash drive that's got 54gb Used Space and 64gb Free Space. I've dragged a few files that are a little over 4gb and I get a message that says "the file is too large for the destination file system"...as if there's not enough room on the drive for those size files. I was able to drag a bunch of 3gb files with no problem. Anyone know of any reason why a 4 gig would cause any trouble vs anything >4gig? It shouldn't matter how big the size is as long as it's less than 64 gig correct?
Please help,
Jason
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Your flash drive is formatted at fat32 which has a 4 gb limitation,it needs to be formatted to ntfs to overcome that limitation.
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Incorrect!!It shouldn't matter how big the size is as long as it's less than 64 gig correct?
Format the drive to NTFS instead of FAT32.
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Wrong-exFAT can also store >4GB files if you are on Win7 or newer.
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Ya my flash drive is set up as FAT32. I do have Windows 7 64 bit.
Are you saying if I have to reformat to NTFS, I'll lose all of the files currently on there? -
What is the issue?Originally Posted by clashradio
Just copy the files onto a hard drive, reformat the drive and then copy it back. -
Oh for F*CKs sake!!!!!!!!Originally Posted by qz3fwd
Let me count the ways!!!!!!!
Hopefully it is not for watching videos on a standalone player as none of my Blu-ray players will recognize exFAT formatted drives.
But it is such a common standard!!!
Last edited by Noahtuck; 9th Jan 2015 at 21:24.
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Actually in some cases exFAT is not a bad choice at all!
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Lol, ya ya I was afraid I'd have to do that. Ok. Thanks, that's what I'll do.Originally Posted by newpball
What is the issue?Originally Posted by clashradio
Just copy the files onto a hard drive, reformat the drive and then copy it back.
Thanks for the reply's everyone -
I know there is a way to convert/format hard drives from fat32 to NTFS without losing anything on the hard drive but I have never tried with a USB thumb drive before so I don't know if it would work but it might......
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I would not take any risk, copying 50 something GB over USB 3.0 should not take very long and if you want to be super careful you can do a copy with verification.Originally Posted by Noahtuck
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I didn't say to do it blind!!!
I have done it may times on internal hard drives so I know it works and there is an old as hell thread somewhere here where I posted how to do it with photos and I am sure you could google it and find it also.
But I would imagine it would work for anything external also, but I would back everything up first before trying it just to make sure.
It has been a long time since I have done it as I have always formatted everything to NTFS for many years now. -
Just an aside.......I knew you could do the reverse Macrorit NTFS To FAT32 Converter - portable but didn't know one could do a FAT32 to NTFS. Interesting. I'm about to convert as NTFS drive to FAT32 for my A/V receiver with all my CD's on it.
SONY 75" Full array 200Hz LED TV, Yamaha A1070 amp, Zidoo UHD3000, BeyonWiz PVR V2 (Enigma2 clone), Chromecast, Windows 11 Professional, QNAP NAS TS851 -
It's probably obvious, but...
Before you do, netmask, back up to a separate NTFS partition and double-check that none of the files being migrated are >4GB.
Scott
IIRC, non-destructive FAT32->NTFS migration has been around (and built into the OS) since ~Win2k. -
ext3 also and many other filesystems too...Originally Posted by qz3fwd
http://www.ext2fsd.com/
I assume that market penetration is higher for ext3 than for ex-FAT (as around 75% mmedia devices use as embedded OS Linux) -
Wrong --- exFAT is exFAT, even on Windows XPOriginally Posted by qz3fwd
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Thanks for that info - just has never been on my radar. I actually have 2 backups! The thought of feeding all those CD's into my PC sent shudders through me as I did it. One backup plus scans of all my family important documents and photos are nicely sitting in my best friends safe.... never have enough backups....Originally Posted by Cornucopia
SONY 75" Full array 200Hz LED TV, Yamaha A1070 amp, Zidoo UHD3000, BeyonWiz PVR V2 (Enigma2 clone), Chromecast, Windows 11 Professional, QNAP NAS TS851
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Well, the OP did say that they are on Win 7, so your XP point is mis-placed. Windows to my knowledge does not natively support exFAT anyway.Originally Posted by El Heggunte
Wrong --- exFAT is exFAT, even on Windows XPOriginally Posted by qz3fwd
Furthermore the OP did not state what he was using it for-and the vast majority of the use would likely be on a Windows machine so the other posters comment about linux is a big fail since NO Windows version supports linux native filesystems and never will, so that is not a really viable option for the OP. Regardless, the Windows, OSX, and Linux devices I use are all able to read/write exFAT which DOES allow 4GB file sizes so it is a working cross system filesystem. -
Linux file support is easily available for Windows and it cost null - no money - so it is purely user choice.Originally Posted by qz3fwd
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Then your remark about "Windows 7 or higher" is redundant and unnecessaryOriginally Posted by qz3fwd
Well, the OP did say that they are on Win 7, so your XP point is mis-placed. Windows to my knowledge does not natively support exFAT anyway.Originally Posted by El Heggunte
Wrong --- exFAT is exFAT, even on Windows XPOriginally Posted by qz3fwd
Also, you'd better improve the contents of your knowledgebase:
{ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT }
AND/OR your text interpretation skills as well
Last but not least, be welcome to my Ignore List.
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