Thus, it is normal that you are not allowed to copy the 4.32 GB file to your external hard drive. It is not available to store a large file whose size is beyond 4 GB on FAT32 disk. Although FAT32 system takes advantages in the aspects of compatibility, it is with limitation in file size. In fact, the reason that you are unable copy large file to the external hard drive is right the file system of the external disk. Why can't copy large file to external hard drive? My external hard drive is formatted as FAT32 and what’s wrong with the file system? If have, what did you do to handle this issue? Is there any suggestion?” At first, the file copy process went smoothly.īut I was prompted by the message that the file is too large for the destination file system when I try to copy the 4.32 GB film to the external hard drive. Therefore, I decided to transfer some files to my external hard drive to get more free space on my SanDisk HDD. “The capacity of my SanDisk HDD is 256 GB and the disk space is not enough.
Why can't copy large file to external hard drive?.
