I have a video which I made in 3840x2160 25fps. It is stored in a HD and in a SSD in my computer. When I try to copy it to a memory stick it says "This file is too large" though it is only 4.35 GB and the memory stick has 76GB spare capacity. It won't copy to other memory sticks either. Why?
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If you try to put it in the route that has a limit make a folder and try the file size may be differant on the usb
NTFS worked. Thank you. Out of interest what use is a format that limits the file size?
Hello @xb101353,
Have a look at these as they may help explain why . . .
> What File System Should I Use for My USB Drive?
> What Is the Best File Format for USB Drives?
> 5 Flash Drive Format Types to Know
> How to Format a USB Drive (And Why You Would Need To)
I hope this helps.
Thanks. A strange thing though is exFAT like NTFS is supposed to take files bigger than 4GB. My drive was formatted by default with exFAT but it wouldn't take 4.35GB, but when I reformatted it to NTFS it did!
You have to remember that Fat was developed in the days when floppy disks were the norm, and only later adapted for use on hard drives. The 4GB file size limit is a fundamental limit of its design, but was initially way larger than any likely use so was regarded as being of no consequence.
File Allocation Table - WikipediaFile Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers. Originally developed in 1977 for use on floppy disks, it was adapted for use on hard disks and other devices....
...The maximal possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GB minus 1 byte, or 4,294,967,295 (232 − 1) bytes. This limit is a consequence of the 4-byte file length entry in the directory table and would also affect relatively huge FAT16 partitions enabled by a sufficient sector size.
...exFAT is a file system introduced with Windows Embedded CE 6.0 in November 2006 and brought to the Windows NT family with Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (or separate installation of Windows XP Update KB955704). It is loosely based on the File Allocation Table architecture, but incompatible, proprietary and protected by patents.[60]
exFAT is intended for use on flash drives and memory cards such as SDXC and Memory Stick XC, where FAT32 is otherwise used. Vendors usually pre-format SDXC cards with it. Its main benefit is its exceeding of the 4 GB file size limit, as file size references are stored with eight instead of four bytes, increasing the limit to 264 − 1 bytes.
To add to what @Bree posted, Mac OS X [and maybe the newer macOS] couldn't do more than read NTFS-formatted drives without adding a third-party software. My External USB WD 4TB came formatted as exFAT and the package was marked for use with PC and Mac. FAT32 has been usable on all the Operating Systems I've had to deal with.
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