copying files

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  1. vijapuri, May 30, 2014

    vijapuri macrumors newbie

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    sir,
    my system is macbook pro, and i have 500gb external hard disk.i partitioned that into four volumes.three volumes are in windows NTFS format and one volume is in MS DOS FAT-32 format.in that ms dos volume i can not copy larger files(more than 4gb)from the macbook pro.it is saying that it is too large for the volume format.so plese kindly anybody give the right suggestion.
     
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  2. blueroom, May 30, 2014

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    Try exFAT.
     
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  3. maflynn, May 30, 2014

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    Copying to a FAT volume as limitations, your files are too big to fit. Try using HFS+ format or use NTFS but then you'll need software like Paragon NTFS for Mac or Tuxera NTFS to give OSX the ability to write to NTFS

    Edit:Blueroom has better advice - I forgot about ExFat
     
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  4. Dave Braine, May 30, 2014

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    4Gb is the maximum file size for FAT32 file system.
     
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