This file is too large

February 3rd, 2020

When im going to copy or download some large files on my portable 3TB HDD then it says ‘this file is too large ‘ what shall i do to copy or download them on HDD ??
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What shall i do ??
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Answer #1
The issue is likely that your external drive is formatted using Fat32. Fat32 has a size limit of 4G or so.
Right click on the drive in explorer and format to NTFS and you won’t have a problem.
If you already have files loaded, you’ll have to copy them back to the external again after the format.
Answer #2
Just in case you dont know what is a format, it deletes everything from your external drive, so whatever you have on your external drive, copy it to your computer then format it, then copy the files back
Answer #3
If you have much stuff you want to keep you can Convert FAT32 to NTFS Without Formatting or Losing Data …
http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2012/02/convert-fat32-to-ntfs-file-system.html
Answer #4
Indeed you can ; however, a backup is always recommended as if the disk conversion goes wrong, data recovery is not easy if even possible.

 

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