Re: NTFS copy to FAT

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From: BobC (nospam_at_nospam.here)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 14:47:29 GMT

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:57:01 -0700, BAR wrote:

> Bob, The problem lies in the fact that the source file is too large for FAT32 file structure: not that your disk did not have enough storage capactiy. This is not a problem for XP.
>
> Limitations for FAT32 are:
> Maximum file size 4 GB minus 1 byte (232 bytes minus 1 byte)
> Maximum volume size 32 GB
> Files per volume 4,177,920
> Maximum number of files and subfolders within a single folder 65,534
>
>
> "BobC" wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 18:47:38 -0700, TGMD wrote:
>>
>>> Just an FYI for Microsoft and others of a situation
>>> probably known, but I could not find on the MSFT sites.
>>> I attempted for days to copy a file from a laptop to a
>>> desktop over TCP/IP. Kept getting a message that the
>>> target share did not have enough disk space for the
>>> source file. Never started the copy - just the error.
>>> The source file was 9.2GB video file on the NTFS volume.
>>> The target drive was FAT32 with about 40GB free. Tried
>>> another target drive also with FAT32. Same problem.
>>> Used chkdsk to make sure everything was OK. It was.
>>> Finally converted 2nd target non-system volume to NTFS.
>>> File now copies. I would think that file services should
>>> treat this copy transparently given a file share may have
>>> many different client connections.
>>
>> See here for file size limitations for NTFS, FAT, and FAT32.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/choosing_between_NTFS_FAT_and_FAT32.asp
>>

BAR, I think you meant to direct your comments to TGMD, the original
poster. I provided a link to the same info you provided.

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