

This may not have worked for us but it could be the solution, in your case. We have not provided the steps for this procedure, since we found it complicated and it almost put us at risk of data loss.

This feature can be used to fix the “File is too large for the destination system” error by creating virtual hard drives using the ReFS feature. Other main functions of this tool are to integrate the storage spaces on the computer and remove corrupt files. You use this to work with documents, folders, images, video files, and many more. The Microsoft Resilient File System (ReFS) was designed to accommodate the file systems and provide efficient storage systems, irrespective of the file size or type.

Use the ReFS (Windows Resilient File System) Make sure to make backups, if you need the files in the drive. But you will lose everything that was on the USB flash drive or hard drive. This process should take a few seconds or a little longer, depending on the capacity of the device, to complete. See also 13 Easy Fixes: Desktop Icons Disappeared On Windows Enter the following command in the script window and execute it by hitting the Enter key.Ĭonvert “ FAT32 partition drive letter”:/fs:ntfs.Open the Command Prompt tool by searching for it, in the search bar or the run tool (Windows + R keys) with the cmd command.Proceed with them, if you are willing to risk data loss. These are your steps to convert FAT32 to NTFS. This will upgrade the file size limit from 4 GB to 16 TB, which is larger than most storage capacities. This can be upgraded to a different file system format, preferably the NTFS or the exFAT formats. We know that the FAT32 can send and receive only 4 GB files or smaller ones. You might lose some files that you wanted to transfer to a different storage device.

Before we start making changes in the file system configuration, you need to understand the risks of using the first three solutions to this issue. These are the steps to fix the “File is too large for the destination file system” on a Windows 10 computer.
