1 GByte file size lmits in XP?

[Doug Nichols]

I have a large file (about 5 GB) I'm trying to copy onto
my harddrive (it has over 70 GB of free space), but the
copy consistently quits when the file size on my C drive
gets to 1 GB (1,048,140 KB). The drive is NTFS formatted
and I don't think I have any quota limits set. Is this
just some type of hard limit for files? If I check my
profile it shows 0.99 GB but I can't tell if that is just
showing how much that user has used or is some type of
limit. If it is a limit, I can't find any documentation
about how to change it.

Anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks in advance!

Doug

 

[Max]

FAT32 has the 4GB limit I think, but NTFS has no such restrictions. It must
be something else... I store files up to 40GB on my system.

-M

 

[John]

I too store very lage backups on my system (over 50gigs)
and I have no problems. Are you sure that you have
enough spacce left on your HD?

 

[Rob Schneider]

I have a large file (about 5 GB) I'm trying to copy onto
my harddrive (it has over 70 GB of free space), but the
copy consistently quits when the file size on my C drive
gets to 1 GB (1,048,140 KB). The drive is NTFS formatted
and I don't think I have any quota limits set. Is this
just some type of hard limit for files? If I check my
profile it shows 0.99 GB but I can't tell if that is just
showing how much that user has used or is some type of
limit. If it is a limit, I can't find any documentation
about how to change it.

Anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks in advance!

Doug

Might be dumb question, but perhaps the root-cause is do to from where
you are copying the file? Where is the 5 gb file being copied from?
Could it be burping at the 1 gb level and stoping the file xfer?

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a large file (about 5 GB) I'm trying to copy onto
my harddrive (it has over 70 GB of free space), but the
copy consistently quits when the file size on my C drive
gets to 1 GB (1,048,140 KB). The drive is NTFS formatted
and I don't think I have any quota limits set. Is this
just some type of hard limit for files?

There is no such inherent limit (FAT 32 has one at 4GB) and I have files
of 2GB as a matter of course. So it would seem to be a problem with the
copying. What program are you using? I have just done a copy of a 2 GB
file by by Edit -Copy ; Edit - Paste without trouble

 

[Anonymous Joe]

I have a large file (about 5 GB) I'm trying to copy onto
my harddrive (it has over 70 GB of free space), but the
copy consistently quits when the file size on my C drive
gets to 1 GB (1,048,140 KB). The drive is NTFS formatted
and I don't think I have any quota limits set. Is this
just some type of hard limit for files? If I check my
profile it shows 0.99 GB but I can't tell if that is just
showing how much that user has used or is some type of
limit. If it is a limit, I can't find any documentation
about how to change it.

Anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks in advance!

Doug

NTFS has a limit, unlike some people's thoughts, however it is so
ridiculously large that we can't comprehend it yet.
FAT32 has a limit of 4GB, but that's not where your problems are.

File transfers always have a start, and end points, and I don't mean in the
file, I mean source and destination. Then there is the software doing the
transfer. So, your problems lie either in the source or destination, but it
shouldn't be in Windows.

OOC, is it a DVD?