Re: NTFS problem with files over 4 Gig

From: Tim Slattery (Slattery_T_at_bls.gov)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:36:01 -0500

"Ken O" <lerameur101@Ya.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have windows XP sp2 , on NTFS.
>When I try to assemble a file that was in .rar into one file that should be
>4.7 G. I have a write error message from winrar that it cannot accept files
>over 4G and that only NTFS accepts them. Not enough space on the disk. 15
>gigs left, should be more than enough.

You probably are trying to put this onto a FAT32 partition. You can't
do that. As the error message told you, FAT32 can only handle files as
large as 4GB. For larger files you must use NTFS. 

-- 
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov

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