tigerbeer Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I have both my partitions formatted as FAT32. Realised that everytime I need to save a file more than 4GB, it tells me that disc is full. Read somewhere that FAT32 discs do not allow files larger than 4GB. Definately cannot format any of my partitions but is there any way around this to allow files more than 4GB's? or not options? TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veazer Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I have both my partitions formatted as FAT32. Realised that everytime I need to save a file more than 4GB, it tells me that disc is full. Read somewhere that FAT32 discs do not allow files larger than 4GB. Definately cannot format any of my partitions but is there any way around this to allow files more than 4GB's? or not options?TB What type of files? Is splitting them an option? How about converting the partitions to NTFS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 What type of files? Is splitting them an option? How about converting the partitions to NTFS? If XP then you can convert your partitions to NTFS without formating or losing data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reimar Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Personally I wouldn't suggest the converting with XP! I had bad experience about that. One of the best programs for to do a convert is Acronis Disk Director, not a freeware but extremly usefull for many different actions with Harddisk's! 4.1 GByte is the maximum you can uns on Fat32. The only other option is to splitt the file in several parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerbeer Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 (edited) thank you everyone for your replies. the file that i need to create is an ISO image. so the option of splitting them is not doable. its in fact various files and directories that needs to be made an ISO. how does one convert from FAT32 to NTFS? do it within XP? Reimar, thanks, am sourcing out Acronis Disk Director "special version" right now. Edited January 19, 2008 by tigerbeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reimar Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Look at you Message folder, I send an PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefoxx Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Converting from FAT32 to NTFS is possible, but not recommended. There have been many reports of various glitches occurring in partitions that have been converted that way. Best practice is to backup, delete the partition, and create a new one (NTFS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerbeer Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Converting from FAT32 to NTFS is possible, but not recommended. There have been many reports of various glitches occurring in partitions that have been converted that way. Best practice is to backup, delete the partition, and create a new one (NTFS). Thanks FF, i figures as much!. will have to just do that i guess.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 From a command prompt CONVERT X: /FS:NTFS Where X: is the drive letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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