When we copy a file in image format of some 4GB in size from system to usb or flash drive of 16GB. You may get this error " File too large for destination file system ". You may wonder how this happens when copying file of some 4GB to 16GB drive ? Here is the possible explanation and solution for this problems.
Most of the USB or Flash Drives are formatted to FAT32 format. It is limited to single file size of 3.99GB. But when copying file in image format of size more than 4GB are considered as single file and it won't copy to the destination folder. The complete image file is considered as a single file. From this you may clear that you can't copy single file of size more than 4GB.
How to copy this file into a USB drive ?
This files can be copied into a USB drive but you must have your USB or flash drive in NTFS format. Format your pen drive to NTFS. While formating it select format as NTFS in format menu and click format and it will take some time. Once format is completed now your usb or flash drive in NTFS format. It will support copying single file of large size.
Other option to copy this file to usb or flash drive is to split the file of large size into two or more files of smaller size using the utilities such as winrar and so on. Image files can be extracted using winrar or by using tools such as daemon tool. Extract the file of large size convert them into smaller size. Now copy this files to your usb or flash drive. Hope this information might be useful for you, Happy Computing !
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