4 gig file limit

[Ray]

I can't put a dvd file on my hard drive because of a 4
gig limit....can I do this without changing from fat32 to
ntsf? thanks

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I can't put a dvd file on my hard drive because of a 4
gig limit....can I do this without changing from fat32 to
ntsf? thanks

No.
Go with the better file system.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Ray,

No can do without converting to NTFS. FAT32 comes with a file size limit of
4GB minus a few bytes. This is a limitation of this file system, there is no
workaround.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[kirsty]

well it really depends, if you're talking about copying a
dvd movie to your hard disk and you only have 4 gigs IT
IS POSSIBLE! I recommend software such as InterVideo DVD
Copy which you can find at:

http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/InterVideoDVDCopyPlatinum_Pr
ofile.jsp

Software like or simaliar to DVD Copy compresses the dvd
movie into a smaller form preserving the quality. Most
dvd movies usually average around 700mb after this
conversion. The only downfall is that it is a long
process to convert, so you better have a powerful
computer!

Hope this information was helpful.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Anytime you reduce the size, you also foresake quality. The question here
was not whether you can reduce the size of the file, but rather if there was
a way of copying a file greater than 4GB to a FAT32 volume. There isn't.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

No!

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard