Thread: Copying a 6 GB file onto a 16 GB empty USB memory stick causes a "disk full" message ?
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Old October 26th 14, 02:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Default Copying a 6 GB file onto a 16 GB empty USB memory stick causes a "disk full" message ?
R.Wieser wrote:

The format is Fat32. It does return the correct free space, both in
"windows explorer" as to a DIR command.

You have run into a maximum file size supported by a particular file
system.

The maximum file size in FAT32 is 4,294,967,295 bytes (4 GiB - 1). You
will have to slice up the file into multiple parts to continue using
FAT32 or convert the USB drive to NTFS.
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