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Answer» Is there a limit to how large a file can be when using the Windows GUI to copy files from one drive to another? If files are too large, are you suppose to use the command prompt?If you are using a drive that uses the FAT file system there is a 4GB limit. Most flash drives and external hard drives use the FAT. ..not trying to accomplish anything other than obtaining info. Nope. It's a Filesystem limitation. Doesn't matter how you copy. I might add that the limit is actually 4GB minus 1 byte. With FAT32 the volume limit is 2TB, IIRC, and FAT is limited to 2GB, since the cluster size is limited to 32K and the 16-bit limit means that there can only be a certain number of clusters on a partition. (NT4 actually supported 64K clusters, which was definitely strange). Therefore a file larger then 4GB simply cannot exist at all on either FAT or FAT32. But back to the original query. There is no Artificial limit set by the File copy shell. However, there are issues with buffer size/copying ETC. with Vista RTM, I believe.Well thx for all the info.. I found more info. on this subject here.hey, I may not be thinking like you are, or being SPECIFIC, but if you check to see how large the files are --for instance bytes, kbytes, or mbytes it is easier to estimate whether there is room there. Also since the harddrive goes like from 2GB and up well there you go, you figure. |
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