![]() ![]() If you’re not sure how to convert a drive from FAT to NTFS file system, you can do so by following the instructions mentioned in one of the two methods. In simple words, if you have a file named XYZ of size 5GB and want to transfer the file to a drive formatted in FAT32 file system, you need to either split the selected file into two using a file compression software, or format the drive in NTFS file system to be able to transfer the file. When you try to a transfer a file larger than 4GB in size, Windows shows The file ‘file name’ is too large for the destination file system error. When I opened up USB drive’s properties to check the available free disk space, I realized that the USB drive was formatted in FAT32 file system and this was the reason for the error.įor those who aren’t aware, you can’t transfer a file larger than 4GB to a drive formatted in FAT32 file system, even if the actual capacity of your drive is more than 4GB. My USB flash drive’s capacity is 16GB (actual capacity is 14.9 GB) and the size of the file in question was just 6.87GB. This past Sunday, while transferring a couple of files from my friend’s PC to my USB flash drive, I got an error saying that The file Ubuntu.vdi is too large for the destination file system.
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