Dec 31, 2017

File Is Too Large For The Destination File System...?

This Problem is caused if your external storage if formatted in FAT 32. So don't get tension it have a very easy solution. Just format your storage in NTFS.
  1. Right-click on the USB drive or external hard drive.
  2. Click on  "Format".
  3. Change the type to NTFS.
This can be also done by using the command prompt as, Go to run and type cmd and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter simultaneously which will open command prompt with admin privilege.
  • convert drive letter: /fs: file system
    Eg, convert F: /fs: ntfs then Press Enter
Done! Now you can fix the issue "The file is too large for the destination file system" and can successfully copy a file larger than 4GB to the external USB drive or hard drive. :)

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