Trying to copy an 11.3G file to a brand new 65G flash drive. Keep getting error message "the file is too large for the destination file system. It is a brand new flash drive formatted to fat32. On windows7. Any suggestions?? Thanks!
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3FAT32 can only handle files upto 4GB in size. Reformat the drive as NTFS.– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007Jun 2, 2016 at 21:22
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2Possible duplicate of Why can't I copy a 7 GB file to an external USB HD with 120 GB free? and/or Windows 7 says a 8.6 GB file won't fit in 14.7 GB space?– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007Jun 2, 2016 at 21:23
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You would have to break the file into 3.9gb chunks.– cybernardJun 2, 2016 at 21:25
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Right-click the flash drive icon, select Format, and format it as exFAT, which does not have the 4 GB limitation.
Between exFat and NTFS, exFat is the better choice for flash drives. The exFat file system was designed for that purpose, has much less overhead and performs fewer small writes than NTFS. Another advantage is that exFat is supported by both Windows and OSx, so an exFat formatted thumb drive can help the Windows and Mac folks to get along.
