xcopy size restriction?

[Denise]

Hi,

We have a batch file that has been doing scheduled
backups of data in one directory to a removable hard
drive and we have recently noticed one file has not
copied. Someone told me the reason it failed to copy was
that this file had exceded 4 gig. Is this true? is
there a size restriction? can this size be changed?

Thanks in advance,
Denise

 

[Bjorn Landemoo]

Denise

There is a file size limitation of 4GB in the FAT32 file system (but not in
NTFS). What file system is used on the removable hard disk?

Best regards

Bjorn

 

[Denise]

It was due to the fat32 on the removable hard drive. I
guess we have to reformat them as NTFS.
Thanks
-Denise

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Hi,

We have a batch file that has been doing scheduled
backups of data in one directory to a removable hard
drive and we have recently noticed one file has not
copied. Someone told me the reason it failed to copy was
that this file had exceded 4 gig. Is this true? is
there a size restriction? can this size be changed?

Thanks in advance,
Denise

It is true if the file system is NOT NTFS.
Convert the removable to NTFS. If the drive is R:
open a CMD.exe prompt and type:
convert R: /FS:NTFS


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
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