file to large error

[themaniac]

so every now and then i get that error when i try to transfer a compressed file onto a usb, the most recent the compressed size was about 4GB and the uncompressed was about 10GB, but i dont get it, the uncompressed file has no problem transfering onto the usb but the compressed file gives me that error, btw the usb drive is labeled 16GB

[Liquid Cooled Human]

Had this problem too. There's nothing wrong with the drive, it's windows. Have you tried formatting the drive to NTFS?

[manikyath]

uncompressed file or uncompressed folder?

[themaniac]

1 minute ago, Liquid Cooled Human said:

Had this problem too. There's nothing wrong with the drive, it's windows. Have you tried formatting the drive to NTFS?

never thought of that(mainly because i have no knowledge on this stuff)

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

uncompressed file or uncompressed folder?

folder

[Liquid Cooled Human]

1 minute ago, themaniac said:

never thought of that(mainly because i have no knowledge on this stuff)

folder

If you have sensitive data then put it on the computer then right click on the drive then properties then format and select NTFS, it won't take long.

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, themaniac said:

never thought of that(mainly because i have no knowledge on this stuff)

folder

most usb media are formatted fat32, which cannot hold files larger than around 4GB i'm not sure what is the exact value.

 

and when you compress, all the individual files in that folder (which are seperately smaller than 4GB) are combined into one big file, which exceeds the limit on fat32.

[themaniac]

2 minutes ago, Liquid Cooled Human said:

If you have sensitive data then put it on the computer then right click on the drive then properties then format and select NTFS, it won't take long.

ok i'll try that

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

most usb media are formatted fat32, which cannot hold files larger than around 4GB i'm not sure what is the exact value.

 

and when you compress, all the individual files in that folder (which are seperately smaller than 4GB) are combined into one big file, which exceeds the limit on fat32.

ok thanks

[Liquid Cooled Human]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

most usb media are formatted fat32, which cannot hold files larger than around 4GB i'm not sure what is the exact value.

 

and when you compress, all the individual files in that folder (which are seperately smaller than 4GB) are combined into one big file, which exceeds the limit on fat32.

exactly, but now there are better formats like exFat out there for Linux users.

[manikyath]

20 minutes ago, Liquid Cooled Human said:

exactly, but now there are better formats like exFat out there for Linux users.

if you're at the point of using linux and deciding on which filesystems to use you most likely also know the limitations of your filesystem

[Liquid Cooled Human]

16 hours ago, manikyath said:

if you're at the point of using linux and deciding on which filesystems to use you most likely also know the limitations of your filesystem

yeah.