File Size Limit

[Ray]

Is there a limit to the file size Windows XP can handle?
(Note the little pun there).

I was always under the impression that the limit was 4 Gig
and some change. I recorded an AVI the other day and was
surprised to find it to be over 5 Gigs. Windows handled
it with no problem. But back to the question. Is there a
limit?

 

[Guest]

Hi,

First, NTFS has greatly increased the size of files and
volumes, so that they can now be up to 2^64 bytes (16
exabytes or 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes)



Regards,

Tim

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Ray.

As Tim says, your impression is slightly out of date. ;<} Actually, the
~4GB limit still applies to files on FAT32 volumes, but not to NTFS.

For current details, see this page from the online version of the WinXP Pro
Resource Kit:

Size Limitations in NTFS and FAT File Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prkc_fil_tdrn.asp

RC