Title: How to fix "File too large for destination" error when transferring larger files to flash drives?
description: Modern technology has helped us in our lives a great number of times. There is a huge mass of gadgets and products that make our life and work much easier.
In our opinion, smartphones and laptops remain the most useful consumer devices so far.
External drives allow you to store additional data and also help transfer data from one laptop to another. Their use is now not limited to laptops and PCs. Today's Smart TVs and audio accessories now support USB drives for multimedia playback. As you can see, technology is constantly evolving. Copying a file to a Flash drive is very easy. There are situations when errors may arise during data transfer; especially with files larger than 4 GB. This is one of the problems frequently reported by users. For example, if you are trying to copy a video file larger than 4 GB, you will get the error message "File too large for destination". What to do in that case ? How to deal with this ?
Step 1: Formatting is the easiest way to change "FAT 32" to "NTFS". You can right-click the drive and select "Quick Format".
Step 2: If formatting is not enough, you need to manually change the settings. Right-click the drive from My Computer again and select "File System".
Step 3: Select "NTFS" from "File System" and save the changes. After applying this setting, you will be able to easily copy larger files (over 4 GB) to USB drives.
The implementation of this manual is very simple and does not cause major problems, and greatly facilitates the use of memory sticks.
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