Re: file bigger then 2GB

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Bartek <bartek@xxxxxx> wrote:

>how can I copy a file, bigger then 2 GB on my hdd. The filesystem is
>NTFS, and there should be no constraints for filesize. But i get the
>error, "maximum filesize reached" at exactly 2 GB.
>TFH

Are you transferring to another drive, or another partition on one
drive? It sounds like something is formatted FAT32. I'd double check
the file types. I just copied an 8.9gb file from one physical hard
drive to another physical hard drive as a test. It went fine.
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