Large For Destination File System Windows Error Solution

When transfer huge files ( like movies, games, folders ) of more than 4GB to pen drive or flash drives, chances are you will run into this Windows error that says "File is too large for destination file system".You may think the USB drive is faulty, however the truth is there is nothing wrong with the USB drive and it's just the settings that is responsible for this 4GB file size limit when transferring files to flash drives of storage size greater than 4GB ( like 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB storage size ).Below I will show you how to solve the "file is too large for destination file system" error in Windows.

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"File is too large for destination file system" error is because of the file system with which the pen drive is formatted.Windows allows partition in three types: NTFS, FAT32 and exFAT.The most commonly used file system is FAT32, it is the earliest technology used in exchanging data between computers and devices from 1980s. However,the limitation of FAT32 File System is that the maximum size for a file on this volume is 4GB minus 1 byte or ( 2³²−1 ) bytes.

So in order to get over this limitation, you will have to format flash drive in NTFS or exFAT file system.





NTFS file system allows files of size up to 16 TB on OS Windows 7 or earlier and 256 TB on Windows 8 OS while the latest introduced file system ( 2006) exFAT allows file size up to 16 EiB ( 1 Exbibyte = 2⁶⁰ bytes ).Both these file systems support the latest range of OS including Mac OS X and Linux Distros.

To format in NTFS or exFAT file system, just right click the pen drive and select Format.Before you start format, remember to select NTFS file system.

Hope this Troubleshooting tip helped you.