[Shop-talk] thumb drive question

[Tim Hoerning]

Tim,

Do you know what the formatting is?  If the flash is FAT32 the maximum size of any one file is 4GB.   You should try exFAT

Tim

http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm <http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm>


> On Aug 15, 2019, at 12:57 PM, Tim . via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net <mailto:shop-talk at autox.team.net>> wrote:
> 
> Sorry for the off topic but I know that there are more than a few computer people who are on this list so thought I'd see if anyone can help. 
> 
> I am trying to put about 6.5GB worth of hearing exhibits on first an 8GB flash drive and now a 32GB flash drive. 
> 
> I keep getting an error message that says one of the videos (only 5.27GB ) is "too large for the destination file system". 
> 
> I did a fresh quick format on the empty flash drive but the file still won't transfer. 
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> (our "IT" department is worthless so I am not going to even try to get help)
> 
> Thanks
> tim
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